Lok Sabha Question No. 3619 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-08-08
Subject: Migration of Tribal Population
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Mahesh Sahoo

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-  3619

TO BE ANSWERED ON- 08/08/2022

## MIGRATION OF TRIBAL POPULATION

3619. SHRI MAHESH SAHOO:

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 Odisha;
- (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 that have been taken up by the Government to secure tribal languages and culture?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): Yes Sir. Data on district- wise tribal population in the country including Odisha is available from the decennial Censuses conducted by the Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. District-wise Scheduled Tribes population of Odisha as per Census 2011 is given in Annexure .
- (b): No  specific  information  is  available  with  the  Ministry  in  this  regard.  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 implementing the schemes of 'Support of Tribal Research Institute' and 'Tribal Research, Information, Education, Communication and Events (TRI-ECE)' under which various activities are undertaken inter-alia for preservation, promotion and development of tribal languages and culture as enumerated below:

(i)  Ministry  of Tribal  Affairs  provides  grants  to  State  Tribal  Research  Institutes  for  promotion  of tribal languages and development of bilingual primers for preservation of tribal languages. Further, under the the scheme "TRI-ECE", financial assistance is provided to reputed Institutions for carrying out research study  programmes including documentation of tribal languages.  In this regard, Ministry has sanctioned projects to Bhasha Research and Publication Centre during 2018-19 and 2019-20 which inter-alia covered activity of identification and documentation of threatened/dying languages.

(ii) Tribal cultural exchange programmes

(iii) Research and documentation of Indigenous practices by tribal healers and medicinal plants, Adivasi Languages,  agriculture  system,  dances  and  paintings,  organization  of  literary  festivals,  publication  of books written by tribal writers/ authors, translation works and literature competitions, etc.

(iv) To acknowledge the heroic and patriotic deeds of tribal people, Ministry has sanctioned setting up of 10 Tribal Freedom Fighters Museum. These museums will also exhibit rich tribal cultural heritage of the region.

(v)  To  preserve  and  promote  rich  tribal  cultural  heritage  and  also  to  create  awareness  among  others, searchable  digital  repositories  has  been  developed  where  all  research  papers,  books,  reports  and documents,  folks  songs,  photos/videos  are  uploaded  The  repository  currently  has  more  than  10,000 photographs, videos and publications which are mostly done by TRIs.

(vi) Ministry gives funding to Tribal Co-Operative Marketing Development Federation of India Limited (TRIFED)  for  organizing  Adi  Mahotsav  festival  at  National  and  State  level.  State  level  festivals  like Hornbill festival of Nagaland, MedaramJatra of Telangana are funded through TRI scheme.

(vii) TRIFED organizes Tribal Artisan Melas (TAMs) to identify new artisans and new products at the sourcing level in States/Districts/Villages for expanding the tribal producers base.

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 multilingual policy for imparting education and preservation of languages.

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Annexure

Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  to  part  (a)  of  the  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  3619  for 08.08.2022 by SHRI MAHESH SAHOO regarding 'Migration of Tribal Population'

## District-wise ST Population of Odisha

|   S.No. | District       |   ST Population |
|---------|----------------|-----------------|
|       1 | Anugul         |          179603 |
|       2 | Balangir       |          347164 |
|       3 | Baleshwar      |          275678 |
|       4 | Bargarh        |          281135 |
|       5 | Baudh          |           55364 |
|       6 | Bhadrak        |           30428 |
|       7 | Cuttack        |           93745 |
|       8 | Debagarh       |          110400 |
|       9 | Dhenkanal      |          162056 |
|      10 | Gajapati       |          313714 |
|      11 | Ganjam         |          118928 |
|      12 | Jagatsinghapur |            7862 |
|      13 | Jajapur        |          151432 |
|      14 | Jharsuguda     |          176758 |
|      15 | Kalahandi      |          449456 |
|      16 | Kandhamal      |          392820 |
|      17 | Kendrapara     |            9484 |
|      18 | Kendujhar      |          818878 |
|      19 | Khordha        |          115051 |
|      20 | Koraput        |          697583 |
|      21 | Malkangiri     |          354614 |
|      22 | Mayurbhanj     |         1479576 |
|      23 | Nabarangapur   |          681173 |
|      24 | Nayagarh       |           58691 |
|      25 | Nuapada        |          206327 |
|      26 | Puri           |            6129 |
|      27 | Rayagada       |          541905 |
|      28 | Sambalpur      |          355261 |
|      29 | Subarnapur     |           57192 |
|      30 | Sundargarh     |         1062349 |

Source: Census, 2011