Lok Sabha Question No. 786 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-12
Subject: Number of Tribal Communities
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Malook Nagar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-  †786

TO BE ANSWERED ON- 12/12/2022

## NUMBER OF TRIBAL COMMUNITIES

†786. SHRI MALOOK NAGAR:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) the number of tribal communities identified in the country, State-wise;

(b) whether the Government has any proposal to include more castes/communities in the list of Scheduled Tribes; and

(c) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR TRIBAL AFFAIRS (SHRI BISHWESWAR TUDU)

(a): There are over 700 Scheduled Tribes notified under Article 342 of the Constitution of India, spread over different States and Union Territories (UT) of the country. Many tribes are notified in more than one State/UT. The list of Scheduled Tribes is State/UT specific and a community declared  as  a  Scheduled  Tribe  in  a  State,  need  not  be  so  in  another  State/UT.  Number  of Scheduled Tribe communities State/UT-wise  identified in the country is annexed at Annexure .

(b)  &  (c): The  Government  of  India  has  approved  the  modalities  for  deciding  the  claims  for inclusion in, exclusion from and other modifications in the Orders specifying lists of Scheduled Tribes. According to these modalities, only those proposals which have been recommended and justified  by  the  State  Government/UT  Administration  concerned,  can  be  processed  further. Thereafter, it has to be concurred with by the Registrar General of India (RGI) and the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) for consideration for amendment of legislation. All actions are taken as per these approved modalities.

Proposals for inclusion and other amendments in the list of Scheduled Tribes of any State are processed in accordance with these modalities, which is an ongoing process.

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## Annexure  referred to in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. †786 to be answered on 12.12.2022

State/UT wise number of Scheduled Tribes.

|   Sl | Name of State/UT    | Number of entries of Scheduled Tribes.                                                                                      |
|------|---------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|    1 | Andhra Pradesh      | 34                                                                                                                          |
|    2 | Arunachal Pradesh   | All tribes including 15 specifically mentioned.                                                                             |
|    3 | Assam               | 29                                                                                                                          |
|    4 | Bihar               | 32                                                                                                                          |
|    5 | Chhattisgarh        | 42                                                                                                                          |
|    6 | Goa                 | 08                                                                                                                          |
|    7 | Gujarat             | 29                                                                                                                          |
|    8 | Himachal Pradesh    | 10                                                                                                                          |
|    9 | Jammu and Kashmir   | 12                                                                                                                          |
|   10 | Jharkhand           | 33                                                                                                                          |
|   11 | Karnataka           | 50                                                                                                                          |
|   12 | Kerala              | 36                                                                                                                          |
|   13 | Ladakh              | 12                                                                                                                          |
|   14 | Madhya Pradesh      | 43                                                                                                                          |
|   15 | Maharashtra         | 45                                                                                                                          |
|   16 | Manipur             | 34                                                                                                                          |
|   17 | Meghalaya           | 17                                                                                                                          |
|   18 | Mizoram             | 15                                                                                                                          |
|   19 | Nagaland            | 05                                                                                                                          |
|   20 | Odisha              | 62                                                                                                                          |
|   21 | Rajasthan           | 12                                                                                                                          |
|   22 | Sikkim              | 04                                                                                                                          |
|   23 | Tamil Nadu          | 36                                                                                                                          |
|   24 | Telangana           | 32                                                                                                                          |
|   25 | Tripura             | 19                                                                                                                          |
|   26 | Uttarakhand         | 05                                                                                                                          |
|   27 | Uttar Pradesh       | 15                                                                                                                          |
|   28 | West Bengal         | 40                                                                                                                          |
|   29 | Puducherry          | 01                                                                                                                          |
|   30 | Andaman &Nicobar    | 06                                                                                                                          |
|   31 | Dadar &Nagar Haveli | 07                                                                                                                          |
|   32 | Daman &Diu          | 05                                                                                                                          |
|   33 | Lakshadweep         | All inhabitants of the Laccadive, Minicoy and Aminidivi Islands who, and both of whose parents, were born in those islands. |

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