Lok Sabha Question No. 221 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-17
Subject: Tribal Population
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: HARISH DWIVEDI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †221

TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.07.2017

## TRIBAL POPULATION

## †221. SHRI HARISH CHANDRA ALIAS HARISH DWIVEDI:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  details  of  total  tribal  population  in  the  country  at  present,  tribe-wise  and State/UT-wise including Uttar Pradesh along with the percentage of tribal population to the total population in each State/UT; and
- (b)  the  criteria  and  procedure  being  followed  for  inclusion/exclusion  from/for carrying out other modifications in Scheduled Tribes (STs) List?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS (SHRI JASWANTSINH BHABHOR)

- (a):As  per  Census  2011,  total  Scheduled  Tribe  (ST)    population  in  the  country  is 10.45 crore. Details of ST population, tribe-wise and State / UT wise,including Uttar Pradesh,and percentage of ST population to the total population in each State / UT are given at Annexure.
- (b):    The  criteria  being  followed  for  specification  of  acommunity  as  a  Scheduled Tribe are:
- (i) indications of primitive traits, (ii) distinctive culture, (iii) geographical isolation, (iv)  shyness  of  contact  with  community  at  large,  and  (v)  backwardness. The Government of India on 15-6-1999 (further amended on 25-6-2002), has laid down the modalities for determining the claims for inclusion in, exclusion from and other modifications in the Orders specifying the lists for Scheduled Tribes.  According to these modalities, only those proposals which have been recommended and justified by the concerned State Government/Union Territory Administration and concurred in  by  the  Registrar  General  of  India  (RGI)  and  the  National  Commission  for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) are to be considered for amendment of legislation.

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## Annexure referred to in reply to part(a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.221 for 17.7.2017 regarding 'Tribal Population'.

State / UT wise ST Population and Tribe wise Population: Census 2011

| Sl. No   | India / State / UT   | Name of Scheduled Tribe (ST)            | ST Population   | Percentage of ST population in India/State to total population of India/State   |
|----------|----------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|          | INDIA                | All Scheduled Tribes                    | 104545716       | 8.6                                                                             |
| 1        | JAMMU &KASHMIR       | All Scheduled Tribes                    | 1493299         | 11.9                                                                            |
| 1        | JAMMU &KASHMIR       | Gujjar                                  | 980654          |                                                                                 |
| 1        | JAMMU &KASHMIR       | Bakarwal                                | 113198          |                                                                                 |
| 1        | JAMMU &KASHMIR       | Other tribes                            | 399447          |                                                                                 |
| 2        | HIMACHAL PRADESH     | All Scheduled Tribes                    | 392126          | 5.7                                                                             |
| 2        | HIMACHAL PRADESH     | Gaddi                                   | 178130          |                                                                                 |
| 2        | HIMACHAL PRADESH     | Gujjar                                  | 92547           |                                                                                 |
| 2        | HIMACHAL PRADESH     | Other tribes                            | 121449          |                                                                                 |
| 3        | UTTARAKHAND          | All Scheduled Tribes                    | 291903          | 2.9                                                                             |
| 3        | UTTARAKHAND          | Tharu                                   | 91342           |                                                                                 |
| 3        | UTTARAKHAND          | Jaunsari                                | 88664           |                                                                                 |
| 3        | UTTARAKHAND          | Other tribes                            | 111897          |                                                                                 |
| 4        | RAJASTHAN            | All Scheduled Tribes                    | 9238534         | 13.5                                                                            |
| 4        | RAJASTHAN            | Mina                                    | 4345528         |                                                                                 |
| 4        | RAJASTHAN            | Bhil, Bhil Garasia, Dholi etc.          | 4100264         |                                                                                 |
| 4        | RAJASTHAN            | Garasia (excluding Rajput Garasia)      | 314194          |                                                                                 |
| 4        | RAJASTHAN            | Seharia, Sehria, Sahariya               | 111377          |                                                                                 |
| 4        | RAJASTHAN            | Bhil Mina                               | 105393          |                                                                                 |
| 5        | UTTAR PRADESH        | All Scheduled Tribes                    | 1134273         | 0.6                                                                             |
| 5        | UTTAR PRADESH        | Gond, Dhuria, Nayak, Ojha, Pathari, Raj |                 |                                                                                 |
| 5        | UTTAR PRADESH        | Gond                                    | 569035          |                                                                                 |
| 5        | UTTAR PRADESH        | Kharwar, Khairwar                       | 160676          |                                                                                 |
| 5        | UTTAR PRADESH        | Tharu                                   | 105291          |                                                                                 |
| 5        | UTTAR PRADESH        | Other tribes                            | 299271          |                                                                                 |
| 6        | BIHAR                | All Scheduled Tribes                    | 1336573         | 1.3                                                                             |
| 6        | BIHAR                | Santal                                  | 406076          |                                                                                 |
| 6        | BIHAR                | Gond                                    | 256738          |                                                                                 |
| 6        | BIHAR                | Tharu                                   | 159939          |                                                                                 |
| 6        | BIHAR                | Oraon, Dhangar (Oraon)                  | 144472          |                                                                                 |
| 6        | BIHAR                | Kharwar                                 | 125811          |                                                                                 |
| 6        | BIHAR                | Other tribes                            | 243537          |                                                                                 |
| 7        | SIKKIM               | All Scheduled Tribes                    | 206360          | 33.8                                                                            |
| 7        | SIKKIM               | Bhutia                                  | 69598           |                                                                                 |
| 7        | SIKKIM               | Limboo                                  | 53703           |                                                                                 |
| 7        | SIKKIM               | Other tribes                            | 83059           |                                                                                 |
| 8        | ARUNACHAL PRADESH    | All Scheduled Tribes                    | 951821          | 68.8                                                                            |
| 8        | ARUNACHAL PRADESH    | Nyishi                                  | 249824          |                                                                                 |
| 8        | ARUNACHAL PRADESH    | Galo                                    | 79327           |                                                                                 |
| 8        | ARUNACHAL PRADESH    | Other tribes                            | 622670          |                                                                                 |
| 9        | NAGALAND             | All Scheduled Tribes                    | 1710973         | 86.5                                                                            |
| 9        | NAGALAND             | Naga                                    | 1667712         |                                                                                 |
| 9        | NAGALAND             | Other tribes                            | 43261           |                                                                                 |
| 10       | MANIPUR              | All Scheduled Tribes                    | 1167422         | 40.9                                                                            |
| 10       | MANIPUR              | Thadou                                  | 215913          |                                                                                 |
| 10       | MANIPUR              | Tangkhul                                | 178568          |                                                                                 |
| 10       | MANIPUR              | Other tribes                            | 772941          |                                                                                 |
| 11       | MIZORAM              | All Scheduled Tribes                    | 1036115         | 94.4                                                                            |

| Sl. No   | India / State / UT   | Name of Scheduled Tribe (ST)                                                            | ST Population   | Percentage of ST population in India/State to total population of India/State   |
|----------|----------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|          |                      | Any Mizo (Lushai) tribes                                                                | 734910          |                                                                                 |
|          |                      | Chakma                                                                                  | 96972           |                                                                                 |
|          |                      | Other tribes                                                                            | 204233          |                                                                                 |
| 12       | TRIPURA              | All Scheduled Tribes                                                                    | 1166813         | 31.8                                                                            |
|          |                      | Tripura, Tripuri, Tippera                                                               | 592255          |                                                                                 |
|          |                      | Riang                                                                                   | 188220          |                                                                                 |
|          |                      | Other tribes                                                                            | 386338          |                                                                                 |
| 13       | MEGHALAYA            | All Scheduled Tribes                                                                    | 2555861         | 86.1                                                                            |
|          |                      | Khasi, Jaintia, Synteng, Pnar, War, Bhoi, Lyngngam, etc.                                | 1411775         |                                                                                 |
|          |                      | Garo                                                                                    | 821026          |                                                                                 |
|          |                      | Other                                                                                   |                 |                                                                                 |
|          |                      | tribes                                                                                  | 323060          |                                                                                 |
| 14       | ASSAM                | All Scheduled Tribes                                                                    | 3884371         | 12.4                                                                            |
|          |                      | Boro, Borokachari                                                                       | 1361735         |                                                                                 |
|          |                      | Miri                                                                                    | 680424          |                                                                                 |
|          |                      | Karbi                                                                                   | 430452          |                                                                                 |
|          |                      | Rabha                                                                                   | 296189          |                                                                                 |
|          |                      | Kachari, Sonwal                                                                         | 253344          |                                                                                 |
|          |                      | Other tribes                                                                            | 862227          |                                                                                 |
| 15       | WEST BENGAL          | All Scheduled Tribes                                                                    | 5296953         | 5.8                                                                             |
|          |                      | Santal                                                                                  | 2512331         |                                                                                 |
|          |                      | Oraon                                                                                   | 643510          |                                                                                 |
|          |                      | Bhumij                                                                                  | 376296          |                                                                                 |
|          |                      | Munda                                                                                   | 366386          |                                                                                 |
|          |                      | Other tribes                                                                            | 1398430         |                                                                                 |
| 16       | JHARKHAND            | All Scheduled Tribes                                                                    | 8645042         | 26.2                                                                            |
|          |                      | Santhal                                                                                 | 2754723         |                                                                                 |
|          |                      | Oraon, Dhangar (Oraon)                                                                  | 1716618         |                                                                                 |
|          |                      | Munda, Patar                                                                            | 1229221         |                                                                                 |
|          |                      | Ho                                                                                      | 928289          |                                                                                 |
|          |                      | Kharwar                                                                                 | 248974          |                                                                                 |
|          |                      | Lohra                                                                                   | 216226          |                                                                                 |
|          |                      | Bhumij                                                                                  | 209448          |                                                                                 |
|          |                      | Other tribes                                                                            | 1341543         |                                                                                 |
| 17       | ODISHA               | All Scheduled Tribes                                                                    | 9590756         | 22.8                                                                            |
|          |                      | Khond, Kond, Kandha, Nanguli Kandha, etc.                                               | 1627486         |                                                                                 |
|          |                      | Santal                                                                                  | 894764          |                                                                                 |
|          |                      | Gond, Gondo, Rajgond, Maria Gond, Dhur                                                  | 888581          |                                                                                 |
|          |                      | Gond                                                                                    |                 |                                                                                 |
|          |                      | Kolha                                                                                   | 625009          |                                                                                 |
|          |                      | Other tribes                                                                            | 5554916         |                                                                                 |
| 18       | CHHATISGARH          | All Scheduled Tribes                                                                    | 7822902         | 30.6                                                                            |
|          |                      | Gond, Arakh, Arrakh, Agaria, Asur, Badi Maria, Bada Maria, Bhatola, Bhimma, Bhuta, etc. | 4298404         |                                                                                 |
|          |                      | Kawar, Kanwar, Kaur, Cherwa, etc.                                                       | 887477          |                                                                                 |
|          |                      | Oraon, Dhanka, Dhangad                                                                  | 748789          |                                                                                 |
|          |                      | Other tribes                                                                            | 1888232         |                                                                                 |
| 19       | MADHYAPRADESH        | All Scheduled Tribes                                                                    | 15316784        | 21.1                                                                            |
|          |                      | Bhil, Bhilala, Barela, Patelia                                                          | 5993921         |                                                                                 |
|          |                      | Gond, Arakh, Arrakh, Agaria, Asur, Badi Maria, Bada Maria, Bhatola, Bhimma, etc.        | 5093124         |                                                                                 |
|          |                      | Kol                                                                                     | 1167694         |                                                                                 |
|          |                      | Other tribes                                                                            | 3062045         |                                                                                 |
| 20       | GUJARAT              | All Scheduled Tribes                                                                    | 8917174         | 14.8                                                                            |

| Sl. No   | India / State / UT    | Name of Scheduled Tribe (ST)                                                                                                                                                     | ST Population   | Percentage of ST population in India/State to total population of India/State   |
|----------|-----------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|          |                       | Bhil, Bhil Garasia, Dholi Bhil, Dungri Bhil, Dungri Garasia, Mewasi Bhil, Rawal Bhil, Tadvi Bhil, Bhagalia, Bhilala, Pawra, Vasava, Vasave                                       | 4215603         |                                                                                 |
|          |                       | Dubla, Talavia, Halpati                                                                                                                                                          | 643120          |                                                                                 |
|          |                       | Rathawa                                                                                                                                                                          | 642348          |                                                                                 |
|          |                       | Dhodia, Dhodi                                                                                                                                                                    | 635695          |                                                                                 |
|          |                       | Other tribes                                                                                                                                                                     |                 |                                                                                 |
|          |                       |                                                                                                                                                                                  | 2780408         |                                                                                 |
| 21       | DAMAN &DIU            | All Scheduled Tribes                                                                                                                                                             | 15363           | 6.3                                                                             |
|          |                       | Dubla (Halpati)                                                                                                                                                                  | 11087           |                                                                                 |
|          |                       | Other tribes                                                                                                                                                                     | 4276            |                                                                                 |
| 22       | D &NHAVELI            | All Scheduled Tribes                                                                                                                                                             | 178564          | 52.0                                                                            |
|          |                       | Varli                                                                                                                                                                            | 112061          |                                                                                 |
|          |                       | Other tribes                                                                                                                                                                     | 66503           |                                                                                 |
| 23       | MAHARASHTRA           | All Scheduled Tribes                                                                                                                                                             | 10510213        | 9.4                                                                             |
|          |                       | Bhil, Bhil Garasia, Dholi Bhil, Dungri Bhil, Dungri Garasia, Mewasi Bhil, Rawal Bhil, Tadvi Bhil, Bhagalia, Bhilala, Pawra, Vasava, Vasave Gond, Rajgond, Arakh, Arrakh, Agaria, | 2588659         |                                                                                 |
|          |                       | Asur, Badi Maria , Bada Maria, Bhatola, Bhimma, Bhuta etc.                                                                                                                       | 1618090         |                                                                                 |
|          |                       | Koli Mahadev, Dongar Koli                                                                                                                                                        | 1459565         |                                                                                 |
| 24       | ANDHRA PRADESH        | All Scheduled Tribes                                                                                                                                                             | 5918073         | 7.0                                                                             |
|          | (including TELANGANA) | Sugalis, Lambadis, Banjara                                                                                                                                                       | 2407637         |                                                                                 |
|          |                       | Koya, Doli Koya, Gutta Koya, Kammara Koya, etc.                                                                                                                                  | 590739          |                                                                                 |
|          |                       | Yenadis, Chella Yenadi, Kappala Yenadi, Manchi Yenadi, Reddi Yenadi                                                                                                              | 537808          |                                                                                 |
|          |                       | Yerukulas, Koracha, Dabba Yerukula, Kunchapuri Yerukula, Uppu Yerukula                                                                                                           | 519337          |                                                                                 |
|          |                       | Other tribes                                                                                                                                                                     | 1862552         |                                                                                 |
| 25       | KARNATAKA             | All Scheduled Tribes                                                                                                                                                             | 4248987         | 7.0                                                                             |
|          |                       | Naikda, Nayaka, Cholivala Nayaka, etc.                                                                                                                                           | 3296354         |                                                                                 |
|          |                       | Gond, Naikpod, Rajgond                                                                                                                                                           | 158243          |                                                                                 |
|          |                       | Koli Dhor, Tokre Koli, Kolcha, Kolgha                                                                                                                                            | 112190          |                                                                                 |
|          |                       | Other tribes                                                                                                                                                                     | 682200          |                                                                                 |
| 26       | GOA                   | All Scheduled Tribes                                                                                                                                                             | 149275          | 10.2                                                                            |
|          |                       | Gawda                                                                                                                                                                            | 106659          |                                                                                 |
|          |                       | Other tribes                                                                                                                                                                     | 42616           |                                                                                 |
| 27       | LAKSHADWEEP           | All Scheduled Tribes                                                                                                                                                             | 61120           | 94.8                                                                            |
|          |                       | Inhabitants of the Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Islands who, and both of whose parents, were born in those islands                                                            | 4               |                                                                                 |
|          |                       | Other tribes                                                                                                                                                                     | 61116           |                                                                                 |
| 28       | KERALA                | All Scheduled Tribes                                                                                                                                                             | 484839          | 1.5                                                                             |
|          |                       | Paniyan                                                                                                                                                                          | 88450           |                                                                                 |
|          |                       | Kurichchan, Kurichiyan                                                                                                                                                           | 35171           |                                                                                 |
|          |                       | Malai Arayan, Mala Arayan                                                                                                                                                        | 33216           |                                                                                 |
|          |                       | Other tribes All Scheduled                                                                                                                                                       | 328002 794697   | 1.1                                                                             |
|          |                       | Malayali (in Dharmapuri, North Arcot, Pudukottai, Salem, South Arcot and                                                                                                         |                 |                                                                                 |
|          |                       | Tiruchirapalli districts) Irular                                                                                                                                                 |                 |                                                                                 |
| 29       | TAMIL NADU            | Tribes                                                                                                                                                                           |                 |                                                                                 |
|          |                       |                                                                                                                                                                                  | 357980          |                                                                                 |
|          |                       |                                                                                                                                                                                  | 189661          |                                                                                 |

| Sl. No   | India / State / UT   | Name of Scheduled Tribe (ST)   |   ST Population | Percentage of ST population in India/State to total population of India/State   |
|----------|----------------------|--------------------------------|-----------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|          |                      | Other tribes                   |          247056 |                                                                                 |
| 30       | ANDAMAN&             | All Scheduled Tribes           |           28530 | 7.5                                                                             |
|          | NICOBARISLANDS       | Nicobarese                     |           27168 |                                                                                 |
|          |                      | Other tribes                   |            1362 |                                                                                 |

Source: Office of Registrar General, India.

Note: No Notified Scheduled Tribesin Punjab, Chandigarh, Haryana, NCT of Delhi and Puducherry as in 2011.