Lok Sabha Question No. 197 (STARRED), answered on 2018-12-24
Subject: Inclusion of Kol Adivasis in ST List
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: BHAIRON PRASAD MISHRA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS)

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. †*197

TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.12.2018

## INCLUSION OF KOL ADIVASIS IN ST LIST

## †*197   SHRI BHAIRON PRASAD MISHRA:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the percentage share of tribals in the country's population at present and details of their population, State-wise;
- (b) the reasons for not including the Kol Adivasis in the Scheduled Tribes (ST) List in Uttar Pradesh; and
- (c) the steps taken by the Government to accede to this long pending demand?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS (SHRI SUDARSHAN BHAGAT)

- (a) to (c): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

Statement referred to in reply to Lok Sabha Starred Question No. †*197 for answer on 24.12.2018 asked by SHRI BHAIRON PRASAD MISHRA, MP, regarding 'Inclusion of Kol Adivasis in ST List'

(a):  As  per  latest  Census  conduted in  2011, the  percentage share of  tribals in the country's population is 8.6% and the details of their population are given at Annexure.

(b) & (c): The Government of India on 15.6.1999 (further amended on 25.6.2002) has laid down the modalities for deciding the claims for inclusion in, exclusion from and other modifications in Orders specifying Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes lists. As per the modalities, only those  proposals  which  have  been  recommended  and  justified  by  the  concerned  State Government / UT Administration and concurred with by Registrar General of India (RGI) and National  Commission  for  Scheduled  Tribes  (NCST)  are  to  be  considered  and  legislation amended.

All action for inclusion or exclusion of communities including Kol Community of Uttar Pradesh in the list of Scheduled Tribes is taken as per these approved modalities.

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State / UT wise overall population, ST population

| S. No   | India / State             | Total Population   | ST Population   |
|---------|---------------------------|--------------------|-----------------|
|         | India                     | 1,21,08,54,977     | 10,45,45,716    |
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh            | 4,93,86,799        | 26,31,145       |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh         | 13,83,727          | 9,51,821        |
| 3       | Assam                     | 3,12,05,576        | 38,84,371       |
| 4       | Bihar                     | 10,40,99,452       | 13,36,573       |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh              | 2,55,45,198        | 78,22,902       |
| 6       | Goa                       | 14,58,545          | 1,49,275        |
| 7       | Gujarat                   | 6,04,39,692        | 89,17,174       |
| 8       | Haryana                   | 2,53,51,462        | NST             |
| 9       | Himachal Pradesh          | 68,64,602          | 3,92,126        |
| 10      | Jammu &Kashmir            | 1,25,41,302        | 14,93,299       |
| 11      | Jharkhand                 | 3,29,88,134        | 86,45,042       |
| 12      | Karnataka                 | 6,10,95,297        | 42,48,987       |
| 13      | Kerala                    | 3,34,06,061        | 4,84,839        |
| 14      | Madhya Pradesh            | 7,26,26,809        | 1,53,16,784     |
| 15      | Maharashtra               | 11,23,74,333       | 1,05,10,213     |
| 16      | Manipur                   | 28,55,794          | 11,67,422       |
| 17      | Meghalaya                 | 29,66,889          | 25,55,861       |
| 18      | Mizoram                   | 10,97,206          | 10,36,115       |
| 19      | Nagaland                  | 19,78,502          | 17,10,973       |
| 20      | Odisha                    | 4,19,74,218        | 95,90,756       |
| 21      | Punjab                    | 2,77,43,338        | NST             |
| 22      | Rajasthan                 | 6,85,48,437        | 92,38,534       |
| 23      | Sikkim                    | 6,10,577           | 2,06,360        |
| 24      | Tamil Nadu                | 7,21,47,030        | 7,94,697        |
| 25      | Telangana                 | 35193978           | 3286928         |
| 26      | Tripura                   | 36,73,917          | 11,66,813       |
| 27      | Uttarakhand               | 1,00,86,292        | 2,91,903        |
| 28      | Uttar Pradesh             | 19,98,12,341       | 11,34,273       |
| 29      | West Bengal               | 9,12,76,115        | 52,96,953       |
| 30      | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 3,80,581           | 28,530          |
| 31      | Chandigarh                | 10,55,450          | NST             |
| 32      | Dadra &Nagar Haveli       | 3,43,709           | 1,78,564        |
| 33      | Daman &Diu                | 2,43,247           | 15,363          |
| 34      | Delhi                     | 1,67,87,941        | NST             |
| 35      | Lakshadweep               | 64,473             | 61,120          |
| 36      | Puducherry                | 12,47,953          | NST             |

Source: Census 2011, Office of the Registrar General, India

NST: No notified Scheduled Tribes (as in 2011)

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