The share of the Scheduled Tribe population in urban
areas is a meager 2.4%. Madhya Pradesh, Maharastra, Orissa, Gujrat,
Rajsthan, Jharkhand, Chhatishgarh, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, and
Karnataka are the State having larger number of Scheduled Tribes
These states account for 83.2% of the total Scheduled Tribe population
of the country. Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Jammu & Kashmir,
Tripura, Mizoram, Bihar, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, and Tamil
Nadu, account for another 15.3% of the total Scheduled Tribe population.
The share of the remaining states / Uts is negligible.
As per the Census 2001, total population of the Scheduled Castes
in the country (excluding the population of Mao Maram, Paomata
and Purul sub-divisions of Senapati district of Manipur) is 166,635,700
which constitute 16.2% of the total population. Uttar Pradesh (35,148,377)
has the largest Scheduled Caste population, followed by West Bengal
(18,452,555) and Bihar (13,048,608). These states, along with Andhra
Pradesh Tamil Nadu, Maharastra, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka
and Punjab comprise the group of ‘top ten’ states in
terms of large Scheduled Caste population in the country. In Nagaland,
Lakshdweep, and A & N Islands, no Scheduled Caste is notified.
Total population of Scheduled Tribes is 84,326,240
as per the Census 2001 which accounts for 8.2% of the total population
of country. Majority of the Scheduled tribe population live in
rural
areas and their population is 10.4 % of the total rural population
of the country.
TABLE 5: PERECENTAGE OF SCHEDULED
CASTE AND
SCHEDULED TRIBE
POPULATION IN DISTRICTS, VILLAGES, AND
UAs / TOWNS – INDIA.
| Nil |
13* |
152,796 |
62 |
50** |
323,487 |
1,090 |
| Upto 4.9% |
92 |
71,479 |
506 |
278 |
68,189 |
2,420 |
| 5.0%-9.9 |
68 |
61,275 |
1,055 |
56 |
23,742 |
387 |
| 10.0%-19.9% |
271 |
110,590 |
1,876 |
69 |
28,662 |
264 |
| 20.0%-49.9% |
148 |
153,481 |
856 |
65 |
44,240 |
160 |
| 50.0%-74.9% |
1 |
28,672 |
20 |
35 |
26,788 |
15 |
| 75.0% or above |
0 |
15,322 |
3 |
40 |
78,507 |
42 |
| Total |
593 |
593,615 |
4,378 |
593 |
593,615 |
4,378 |
* No SC list applicable in 11 districts.
** No ST list applicable.
Source : Primary Census Abstract, Census of India 2001. |
The share of the Scheduled Tribe population in urban
areas is a meager 2.4%. Madhya Pradesh, Maharastra, Orissa, Gujrat,
Rajsthan, Jharkhand, Chhatishgarh, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, and
Karnataka are the State having larger number of Scheduled Tribes
These states account for 83.2% of the total Scheduled Tribe population
of the country. Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Jammu & Kashmir,
Tripura, Mizoram, Bihar, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, and Tamil
Nadu, account for another 15.3% of the total
Scheduled Tribe population.
The share of the remaining states / Uts is negligible.
Lakshdweep, Mizoram, Nagaland,
Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, are predominantly
tribal States /Union territories where Scheduled Tribes population
constitutes more
than 60% of their total population. No Scheduled Tribes is notified
in Punjab, Chandigarh, Haryana, Delhi, and Pondicherry.
At the village level out of the total 5.94 lakh villages in the
country 1.53 lakh or 1\4 of the villages, do not have any Scheduled
Caste population. In 171,865 villages and 2,931 UAs / Towns, the
proportion of the Scheduled Caste population is less than 20 %
while in more than 20% while in 154,481 villages and 856 UAs/Towns
it is more than 20% but less than 50%.
On the other hand, there are 105,295 villages and 57 UAs/Towns
which have more than 50% Scheduled tribes population in the country
while 3.23 lakh or half of the villages do not have any Scheduled
Tribes population. It is due the fact that, while the Scheduled
Castes population is more widely spread over both in rural and
urban areas, the scheduled tribe population prefers to live in
groups in the rural surroundings.
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