Lok Sabha Question No. 1995 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-19
Subject: Tribal Population of Telangana
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Bheemrao Baswanthrao Patil

## 1995. SHRI B.B. PATIL:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has a record of tribal population, district-wise particularly in the State of Telangana;
- (b) whether the Government has any data with regard to migration of tribal population from rural areas to urban areas in search of livelihood; and
- (c) the details of the steps taken up by the Government to secure tribal languages and culture?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR TRIBAL AFFAIRS (SMT. RENUKA SINGH SARUTA)

- (a): Data on tribal population in the country is available from the decennial Population Census. Districtwise  Scheduled  Tribes  population  of  Telangana  as  received  from  Govt.  of  Telangana  is  given  in Annexure .
- (b): Data on migration of tribal population is not maintained centrally by the Ministry. However, as per survey  on  'Employment  &  Unemployment  and  Migration  Particulars'  conducted  by  the  National Statistical  Office  (NSO),  Ministry  of  Statistics  &Programme  Implementation  during  NSS  64th  round (2007  -  08),  estimated  percentage  of  Scheduled  Tribes  migration  in  urban  areas  from  rural  areas  in search of employment/livelihood/business is as given below:

| location of last residence   | location of last residence                 | location of last residence       |
|------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| rural areas of same district | rural areas of same state another district | but rural areas of another state |
| 19.2                         | 32.8                                       | 50.7                             |

(c): Ministry  of  Tribal  Affairs  is  administering  two  schemes  namely  'Support  to  Tribal  Research Institutes (TRIs)'  and  'Tribal  Research,  Information,  Education,  Communication  and  Events  (TRIECE)'. Through the schemes,  funds  are  provided  to  State  Governments  to  strengthen  and  support  the TRIs  inter-alia  for  research  &  documentation  activities,  evidence-based  action  and  applied  research  to find  solution  and  create  replicate  models  of  development,  construction  and  maintenance  of  tribal museums, organization of tribal festivals, programs for preservation of tribal cultural heritage in dance, music,  painting  etc.  and  training  and  capacity  building  programs.  Further,  New  Education  Policy stipulates  that  young  child  learn  and  grasp  quickly  in  their  home  language  and  mother  tongue. Accordingly,  Central  and  State  Government  are  making  efforts  to  encourage  multi-lingual  policy  for imparting education and preservation of language.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO- 1995

TO BE ANSWERED ON- 19/12/2022

## TRIBAL POPULATION OF TELANGANA

Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  to  part  (a)  of  the  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  1995  for 19.12.2022 by SHRI B.B. PATIL regarding 'Tribal Population of Telangana'

## District wise ST Population of Telangana

|   Sl. No. | District                |   ST Population |
|-----------|-------------------------|-----------------|
|         1 | Adilabad                |          224622 |
|         2 | Mancherial              |           56969 |
|         3 | KomarambheemAsifabad    |          133627 |
|         4 | Nirmal                  |           80576 |
|         5 | Nizamabad               |          107035 |
|         6 | Kamareddy               |           81656 |
|         7 | Karimnagar              |           12779 |
|         8 | Jagityal                |           23351 |
|         9 | Peddapally              |           14945 |
|        10 | RajannaSircilla         |           22990 |
|        11 | Hyderabad               |           48937 |
|        12 | Rangareddy              |          138710 |
|        13 | Vikarabad               |           94623 |
|        14 | Medchel - Malkajgiri    |           55244 |
|        15 | Mahabubnagar            |          103005 |
|        16 | Narayanpet              |           29126 |
|        17 | Nagarkurnool            |          106880 |
|        18 | Wanaparthy              |           46062 |
|        19 | Jogulamba @Gadwal       |            9376 |
|        20 | Medak                   |           72900 |
|        21 | Siddipeta               |           25010 |
|        22 | Sangareddy              |           86710 |
|        23 | Nalgonda                |          209252 |
|        24 | Suryapet                |          141271 |
|        25 | Yadadri                 |           43318 |
|        26 | Warangal (R)            |          105300 |
|        27 | Mahabubad               |          292778 |
|        28 | JayashankarBhuphalpally |           37192 |
|        29 | Mulug                   |           86352 |
|        30 | Warangal (U)            |           33306 |
|        31 | Jangaon                 |           62662 |
|        32 | Khammam                 |          199342 |
|        33 | BhadradriKothagudem     |          392034 |

Source: Govt of Telangana

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