Lok Sabha Question No. 1730 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-13
Subject: Classification of Languages Spoken by ST
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Naba (Hira) Kumar Sarania

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO- †1730

TO BE ANSWERED ON- 13/02/2023

## CLASSIFICATION OF LANGUAGES SPOKEN BY ST

† 1730. SHRI NABA KUMAR SARANIA:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the total population of tribals in the country, State and district-wise along with the names thereof;
- (b) the classification of languages spoken by Scheduled Tribes on regional basis;
- (c) whether the tribes of the country speak various languages which are not understood by other people of the country;
- (d) the types of languages spoken by the tribes of the country and the names and details thereof including the areas in which these languages are spoken; and
- (e) the number of languages of tribes which are on the verge of extinction?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): The population of  Scheduled Tribes (STs)  in the country, as per Census 2011  is 10.45 crore. State  /  district  wise  population  of Scheduled  Tribes  as  per  Census  2011  in  India  is  given  at Annexure I . Scheduled Tribe community wise population for States /districts in India is available at  the  link  (https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/ST.html  )  of  the  website  of  Office  of  the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India.
- (b): According to  Central Institute of Indian Languages(CIIL), Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education the languages spoken by the Scheduled Tribes (STs) are considered 'tribal languages'. The tribal languages can be categorized according to language family-wise, i.e. IndoAryan, Tibeto Burman, Austro-Asiatic, Dravidian & Andamanese and then State/UT-wise.
- (c  ): As  per  Central  Institute  of  Indian  Languages,  Department of  Higher Education,  Ministry of Education, there is no information available in this regard.

(d): Census  of  India  grouped  Indian  languages  in  five  language  families,  namely;  Indo-Aryan, Dravidian, Austro-Asiatic, Tibeto-Burmese,  and Semito-Hemitic.  As per Census 2011 data, there are 121 Scheduled and Non-Scheduled languages falling in the above five language families and 99.85 percent of the total population speak in these languages. Census 2011 ST-15 tables available in  the  link  ( https://censusindia.gov.in/census.website/data/census-tables  )  provide  details  of  the mother tongues spoken by the Scheduled tribes in different States / UTs in the country . There are 71 important Mother Tongues (MTs) which are spoken by different major Scheduled tribes in the country.

(e): Ministry  of  Education,  Government  of  India  has  initiated  a  Scheme  known  as  'Scheme  for Protection  and  Preservation  of  endangered  languages  of  India'  (SPPEL).  Under  this  scheme,  the Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL), Mysore  is working on endangered languages. In the first  Phase,  117 tribal  languages  are  identified   by  them  to  work  on  languages  which are  roughly spoken by less than 10,000 speakers. However, these languages cannot be considered as "on the verge of extinction".

Statement referred to in reply to part (a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. †1730 for 13.02.2023 by SHRI NABA KUMAR SARANIA regarding 'Classification of Languages Spoken by ST'

## State / District wise ST population in India

| Sl. No.   | State/UT/District   |   ST Population |
|-----------|---------------------|-----------------|
| 1         | JAMMU &KASHMIR      |         1493299 |
|           | Kupwara             |           70352 |
|           | Badgam              |           23912 |
|           | Leh(Ladakh)         |           95857 |
|           | Kargil              |          122336 |
|           | Punch               |          176101 |
|           | Rajouri             |          232815 |
|           | Kathua              |           53307 |
|           | Baramula            |           37705 |
|           | Bandipore           |           75374 |
|           | Srinagar            |            8935 |
|           | Ganderbal           |           61070 |
|           | Pulwama             |           22607 |
|           | Shupiyan            |           21820 |
|           | Anantnag            |          116006 |
|           | Kulgam              |           26525 |
|           | Doda                |           39216 |
|           | Ramban              |           39772 |
|           | Kishtwar            |           38149 |
|           | Udhampur            |           56309 |
|           | Reasi               |           88365 |
|           | Jammu               |           69193 |
|           | Samba               |           17573 |
|           | HIMACHAL PRADESH    |          392126 |
|           | Chamba              |          135500 |
|           | Kangra              |           84564 |
|           | Lahul&Spiti         |           25707 |
|           | Kullu               |           16822 |
|           | Mandi               |           12787 |
| 2         | Hamirpur            |            3044 |
|           | Una                 |            8601 |
|           | Bilaspur            |           10693 |
|           | Solan               |           25645 |
|           | Sirmaur             |           11262 |
|           | Shimla              |            8755 |

| Sl. No.   | State/UT/District   | ST Population   |
|-----------|---------------------|-----------------|
| 3         | PUNJAB              | NST             |
| 4         | CHANDIGARH          | NST             |
| 4         | UTTARAKHAND         | 291903          |
| 4         | Uttarkashi          | 3512            |
| 4         | Chamoli             | 12260           |
| 4         | Rudraprayag         | 386             |
| 4         | Tehri Garhwal       | 875             |
| 4         | Dehradun            | 111663          |
| 5         | Garhwal             | 2215            |
| 4         | Pithoragarh         | 19535           |
| 4         | Bageshwar           | 1982            |
| 4         | Almora              | 1281            |
| 4         | Champawat           | 1339            |
| 4         | Nainital            | 7495            |
| 4         | Udham Singh Nagar   | 123037          |
| 4         | Hardwar             | 6323            |
| 6         | HARYANA             | NST             |
| 7         | NCT OF DELHI        | NST             |
|           | RAJASTHAN           | 9238534         |
|           | Ganganagar          | 13477           |
|           | Hanumangarh         | 14289           |
|           | Bikaner             | 7779            |
|           | Churu               | 11245           |
|           | Jhunjhunun          | 41629           |
|           | Alwar               | 289249          |
|           | Bharatpur           | 54090           |
|           | Dhaulpur            | 58594           |
|           | Karauli             | 324960          |
| 8         | Sawai Madhopur      | 285848          |
|           | Dausa               | 433344          |
|           | Jaipur              | 527966          |
|           | Sikar               | 75349           |
|           | Nagaur              | 10418           |
|           | Jodhpur             | 118924          |
|           | Jaisalmer           | 42429           |
|           | Barmer              | 176257          |
|           | Jalor               | 178719          |
|           | Sirohi              | 292470          |
|           | Pali                | 144578          |
|           | Ajmer               | 63482           |

| Sl. No.   | State/UT/District   |   ST Population |
|-----------|---------------------|-----------------|
|           | Tonk                |          178207 |
|           | Bundi               |          228549 |
|           | Bhilwara            |          229273 |
|           | Rajsamand           |          160809 |
|           | Dungarpur           |          983437 |
|           | Banswara            |         1372999 |
|           | Chittaurgarh        |          201546 |
|           | Kota                |          183816 |
|           | Baran               |          276857 |
|           | Jhalawar            |          182229 |
|           | Udaipur             |         1525289 |
|           | Pratapgarh          |          550427 |
|           | UTTAR PRADESH       |         1134273 |
|           | Saharanpur          |             980 |
|           | Muzaffarnagar       |             317 |
|           | Bijnor              |            3058 |
|           | Moradabad           |             685 |
|           | Rampur              |             358 |
|           | Jyotiba Phule Nagar |             164 |
|           | Meerut              |            3390 |
|           | Baghpat             |              14 |
|           | Ghaziabad           |            3968 |
|           | Gautam Buddha Nagar |            2215 |
|           | Bulandshahr         |             198 |
|           | Aligarh             |             629 |
|           | Mahamaya Nagar      |             268 |
| 9         | Mathura             |            1520 |
|           | Agra                |            7255 |
|           | Firozabad           |            2565 |
|           | Mainpuri            |             478 |
|           | Budaun              |              58 |
|           | Bareilly            |            3227 |
|           | Pilibhit            |            1714 |
|           | Shahjahanpur        |             508 |
|           | Kheri               |           53375 |
|           | Sitapur             |            1602 |
|           | Hardoi              |             349 |
|           | Unnao               |            2926 |
|           | Lucknow             |            7506 |
|           | Rae Bareli          |            1756 |
|           | Farrukhabad         |             230 |
|           | Kannauj             |              15 |

| Sl. No.   | State/UT/District            |   ST Population |
|-----------|------------------------------|-----------------|
|           | Etawah                       |             169 |
|           | Auraiya                      |             150 |
|           | Kanpur Dehat                 |             801 |
|           | Kanpur Nagar                 |            3753 |
|           | Jalaun                       |             832 |
|           | Jhansi                       |            3873 |
|           | Lalitpur                     |           71610 |
|           | Hamirpur                     |             474 |
|           | Mahoba                       |             647 |
|           | Banda                        |             163 |
|           | Chitrakoot                   |             366 |
|           | Fatehpur                     |             340 |
|           | Pratapgarh                   |             723 |
|           | Kaushambi                    |             193 |
|           | Allahabad                    |            7955 |
|           | Bara Banki                   |             610 |
|           | Faizabad                     |             931 |
|           | Ambedkar Nagar               |             746 |
|           | Sultanpur                    |             696 |
|           | Bahraich                     |           11159 |
|           | Shrawasti                    |            5534 |
|           | Balrampur                    |           24887 |
|           | Gonda                        |             870 |
|           | Siddharthnagar               |           12021 |
|           | Basti                        |            3620 |
|           | Sant Kabir Nagar             |            1593 |
|           | Mahrajganj                   |           16435 |
|           | Gorakhpur                    |           18172 |
|           | Kushinagar                   |           80269 |
|           | Deoria                       |          109894 |
|           | Azamgarh                     |            9327 |
|           | Mau                          |           22915 |
|           | Ballia                       |          110114 |
|           | Jaunpur                      |            4736 |
|           | Ghazipur                     |           28712 |
|           | Chandauli                    |           41725 |
|           | Varanasi                     |           28617 |
|           | Sant Ravidas Nagar (Bhadohi) |            1873 |
|           | Mirzapur                     |           20132 |
|           | Sonbhadra                    |          385018 |
|           | Etah                         |             140 |
|           | Kanshiram Nagar              |             150 |

| Sl. No.   | State/UT/District   |   ST Population |
|-----------|---------------------|-----------------|
| 10        | BIHAR               |         1336573 |
|           | PashchimChamparan   |          250046 |
|           | PurbaChamparan      |           12461 |
|           | Sheohar             |             318 |
|           | Sitamarhi           |            2989 |
|           | Madhubani           |            3990 |
|           | Supaul              |           10168 |
|           | Araria              |           38848 |
|           | Kishanganj          |           64224 |
|           | Purnia              |          139490 |
|           | Katihar             |          179971 |
|           | Madhepura           |           12532 |
|           | Saharsa             |            6009 |
|           | Darbhanga           |            2772 |
|           | Muzaffarpur         |            5979 |
|           | Gopalganj           |           60807 |
|           | Siwan               |           87000 |
|           | Saran               |           36786 |
|           | Vaishali            |            2274 |
|           | Samastipur          |            1884 |
|           | Begusarai           |            1597 |
|           | Khagaria            |             675 |
|           | Bhagalpur           |           67180 |
|           | Banka               |           90432 |
|           | Munger              |           21404 |
|           | Lakhisarai          |            8333 |
|           | Sheikhpura          |             617 |
|           | Nalanda             |            1442 |
|           | Patna               |            9069 |
|           | Bhojpur             |           13977 |
|           | Buxar               |           26824 |
|           | Kaimur (Bhabua)     |           57981 |
|           | Rohtas              |           31650 |
|           | Aurangabad          |            1033 |
|           | Gaya                |            3098 |
|           | Nawada              |            2045 |
|           | Jamui               |           78793 |
|           | Jehanabad           |            1285 |
|           | Arwal               |             590 |
|           | SIKKIM              |          206360 |
| 11        | North District      |           28715 |
|           | West District       |           57817 |

| Sl. No.   | State/UT/District   |   ST Population |
|-----------|---------------------|-----------------|
|           | South District      |           41392 |
|           | East District       |           78436 |
|           | ARUNACHAL PRADESH   |          951821 |
|           | Tawang              |           34811 |
|           | West Kameng         |           46380 |
|           | East Kameng         |           72400 |
|           | Papum Pare          |          117216 |
|           | Upper Subansiri     |           78323 |
|           | West Siang          |           92783 |
|           | East Siang          |           69979 |
| 12        | Upper Siang         |           28468 |
|           | Changlang           |           53878 |
|           | Tirap               |           98372 |
|           | Lower Subansiri     |           72911 |
|           | KurungKumey         |           90764 |
|           | Dibang Valley       |            5701 |
|           | Lower Dibang Valley |           25974 |
|           | Lohit               |           47410 |
|           | Anjaw               |           16451 |
|           | NAGALAND            |         1710973 |
|           | Mon                 |          238285 |
|           | Mokokchung          |          178431 |
|           | Zunheboto           |          136561 |
|           | Wokha               |          156621 |
|           | Dimapur             |          223989 |
| 13        | Phek                |          157146 |
|           | Tuensang            |          190916 |
|           | Longleng            |           48615 |
|           | Kiphire             |           71429 |
|           | Kohima              |          224738 |
|           | Peren               |           84242 |
|           | MANIPUR             |         1167422 |
|           | Senapati            |          419210 |
|           | Tamenglong          |          134626 |
|           | Churachandpur       |          254787 |
|           | Bishnupur           |            3287 |
| 14        | Thoubal             |            1808 |
|           | Imphal West         |           24161 |
|           | Imphal East         |           27657 |
|           | Ukhrul              |          173606 |
|           | Chandel             |          128280 |
| 15        | MIZORAM             |         1036115 |

| Sl. No.   | State/UT/District   |   ST Population |
|-----------|---------------------|-----------------|
|           | Mamit               |           82080 |
|           | Kolasib             |           73609 |
|           | Aizawl              |          373542 |
|           | Champhai            |          123466 |
|           | Serchhip            |           62889 |
|           | Lunglei             |          153533 |
|           | Lawngtlai           |          112354 |
|           | Saiha               |           54642 |
| 16        | TRIPURA             |         1166813 |
| 16        | West Tripura        |          431944 |
| 16        | South Tripura       |          344835 |
| 16        | Dhalai              |          210608 |
| 16        | North Tripura       |          179426 |
| 17 18     | MEGHALAYA           |         2555861 |
| 17 18     | West Garo Hills     |          474009 |
| 17 18     | East Garo Hills     |          305180 |
| 17 18     | South Garo Hills    |          134237 |
| 17 18     | West Khasi Hills    |          375097 |
| 17 18     | Ribhoi              |          230081 |
| 17 18     | East Khasi Hills    |          661158 |
| 17 18     | Jaintia Hills       |          376099 |
|           | ASSAM               |         3884371 |
|           | Kokrajhar           |          278665 |
|           | Dhubri              |            6332 |
|           | Goalpara            |          231570 |
|           | Barpeta             |           27344 |
|           | Morigaon            |          136777 |
|           | Nagaon              |          115153 |
|           | Sonitpur            |          232207 |
|           | Lakhimpur           |          249426 |
|           | Dhemaji             |          325560 |
|           | Tinsukia            |           82066 |
|           | Dibrugarh           |          102871 |
|           | Sivasagar           |           49039 |
|           | Jorhat              |          139971 |
|           | Golaghat            |          111765 |
|           | Karbi Anglong       |          538738 |
|           | Dima Hasao          |          151843 |
|           | Cachar              |           17569 |
|           | Karimganj           |            1940 |
|           | Hailakandi          |             691 |
|           | Bongaigaon          |           18835 |

| Sl. No.   | State/UT/District          |   ST Population |
|-----------|----------------------------|-----------------|
|           | Chirang                    |          178688 |
|           | Kamrup                     |          182038 |
|           | Kamrup Metropolitan        |           75121 |
|           | Nalbari                    |           23364 |
|           | Baksa                      |          331007 |
|           | Darrang                    |            8419 |
|           | Udalguri                   |          267372 |
| 19 20     | WEST BENGAL                |         5296953 |
| 19 20     | Darjiling                  |          397389 |
| 19 20     | Jalpaiguri                 |          731704 |
| 19 20     | Koch Bihar                 |           18125 |
| 19 20     | Uttar Dinajpur             |          162816 |
| 19 20     | Dakshin Dinajpur           |          275366 |
| 19 20     | Maldah                     |          313984 |
| 19 20     | Murshidabad                |           91035 |
| 19 20     | Birbhum                    |          242484 |
| 19 20     | Barddhaman                 |          489447 |
| 19 20     | Nadia                      |          140700 |
| 19 20     | North Twenty Four Parganas |          264597 |
| 19 20     | Hugli                      |          229243 |
| 19 20     | Bankura                    |          368690 |
| 19 20     | Puruliya                   |          540652 |
| 19 20     | Haora                      |           15094 |
| 19 20     | Kolkata                    |           10684 |
| 19 20     | South Twenty Four Parganas |           96976 |
| 19 20     | Paschim Medinipur          |          880015 |
| 19 20     | Purba Medinipur            |           27952 |
|           | JHARKHAND                  |         8645042 |
|           | Garhwa                     |          205874 |
|           | Chatra                     |           45563 |
|           | Kodarma                    |            6903 |
|           | Giridih                    |          238188 |
|           | Deoghar                    |          180962 |
|           | Godda                      |          279208 |
|           | Sahibganj                  |          308343 |
|           | Pakur                      |          379054 |
|           | Dhanbad                    |          233119 |
|           | Bokaro                     |          255626 |
|           | Lohardaga                  |          262734 |
|           | PurbiSinghbhum             |          653923 |
|           | Palamu                     |          181208 |
|           | Latehar                    |          331096 |

| Sl. No.   | State/UT/District   |   ST Population |
|-----------|---------------------|-----------------|
|           | Hazaribagh          |          121768 |
|           | Ramgarh             |          201166 |
|           | Dumka               |          571077 |
|           | Jamtara             |          240489 |
|           | Ranchi              |         1042016 |
|           | Khunti              |          389626 |
|           | Gumla               |          706754 |
|           | Simdega             |          424407 |
|           | PashchimiSinghbhum  |         1011296 |
|           | Saraikela-Kharsawan |          374642 |
| 21        | ODISHA              |         9590756 |
|           | Bargarh             |          281135 |
|           | Jharsuguda          |          176758 |
|           | Sambalpur           |          355261 |
|           | Debagarh            |          110400 |
|           | Sundargarh          |         1062349 |
|           | Kendujhar           |          818878 |
|           | Mayurbhanj          |         1479576 |
|           | Baleshwar           |          275678 |
|           | Bhadrak             |           30428 |
|           | Kendrapara          |            9484 |
|           | Jagatsinghapur      |            7862 |
|           | Cuttack             |           93745 |
|           | Jajapur             |          151432 |
|           | Dhenkanal           |          162056 |
|           | Anugul              |          179603 |
|           | Nayagarh            |           58691 |
|           | Khordha             |          115051 |
|           | Puri                |            6129 |
|           | Ganjam              |          118928 |
|           | Gajapati            |          313714 |
|           | Kandhamal           |          392820 |
|           | Baudh               |           55364 |
|           | Subarnapur          |           57192 |
|           | Balangir            |          347164 |
|           | Nuapada             |          206327 |
|           | Kalahandi           |          449456 |
|           | Rayagada            |          541905 |
|           | Nabarangapur        |          681173 |
|           | Koraput             |          697583 |
|           | Malkangiri          |          354614 |
| 22        | CHHATTISGARH        |         7822902 |

| Sl. No.   | State/UT/District        |   ST Population |
|-----------|--------------------------|-----------------|
|           | Koriya                   |          304280 |
|           | Surguja                  |         1300628 |
|           | Jashpur                  |          530378 |
|           | Raigarh                  |          505609 |
|           | Korba                    |          493559 |
|           | Janjgir - Champa         |          187196 |
|           | Bilaspur                 |          498469 |
|           | Kabeerdham               |          167043 |
|           | Rajnandgaon              |          405194 |
|           | Durg                     |          397416 |
|           | Raipur                   |          476446 |
|           | Mahasamund               |          279896 |
|           | Dhamtari                 |          207633 |
|           | Uttar BastarKanker       |          414770 |
|           | Bastar                   |          931780 |
|           | Narayanpur               |          108161 |
|           | Dakshin Bastar Dantewada |          410255 |
|           | Bijapur                  |          204189 |
|           | MADHYA PRADESH           |        15316784 |
|           | Sheopur                  |          161448 |
|           | Morena                   |           17030 |
|           | Bhind                    |            6131 |
|           | Gwalior                  |           72133 |
|           | Datia                    |           15061 |
|           | Shivpuri                 |          227802 |
|           | Tikamgarh                |           67857 |
|           | Chhatarpur               |           73597 |
|           | Panna                    |          170879 |
|           | Sagar                    |          221936 |
| 23        | Damoh                    |          166295 |
|           | Satna                    |          319975 |
|           | Rewa                     |          311985 |
|           | Umaria                   |          300687 |
|           | Neemuch                  |           71441 |
|           | Mandsaur                 |           33092 |
|           | Ratlam                   |          409865 |
|           | Ujjain                   |           48730 |
|           | Shajapur                 |           37836 |
|           | Dewas                    |          272701 |
|           | Dhar                     |         1222814 |
|           | Indore                   |          217679 |
|           | Khargone (West Nimar)    |          730169 |

| Sl. No.   | State/UT/District    |   ST Population |
|-----------|----------------------|-----------------|
|           | Barwani              |          962145 |
|           | Rajgarh              |           53751 |
|           | Vidisha              |           67603 |
|           | Bhopal               |           69429 |
|           | Sehore               |          145512 |
|           | Raisen               |          205006 |
|           | Betul                |          667018 |
|           | Harda                |          159678 |
|           | Hoshangabad          |          197300 |
|           | Katni                |          317699 |
|           | Jabalpur             |          375231 |
|           | Narsimhapur          |          145879 |
|           | Dindori              |          455789 |
|           | Mandla               |          610528 |
|           | Chhindwara           |          769778 |
|           | Seoni                |          519856 |
|           | Balaghat             |          383026 |
|           | Guna                 |          190819 |
|           | Ashoknagar           |           82072 |
|           | Shahdol              |          476008 |
|           | Anuppur              |          358543 |
|           | Sidhi                |          313304 |
|           | Singrauli            |          383994 |
|           | Jhabua               |          891818 |
|           | Alirajpur            |          648638 |
|           | Khandwa (East Nimar) |          459122 |
|           | Burhanpur            |          230095 |
|           | GUJARAT              |         8917174 |
|           | Kachchh              |           24228 |
|           | Banas Kantha         |          284155 |
|           | Patan                |           13303 |
|           | Mahesana             |            9392 |
|           | Sabar Kantha         |          542156 |
|           | Gandhinagar          |           18204 |
| 24        | Ahmadabad            |           89138 |
|           | Surendranagar        |           21453 |
|           | Rajkot               |           24017 |
|           | Jamnagar             |           24187 |
|           | Porbandar            |           13039 |
|           | Junagadh             |           55571 |
|           | Amreli               |            7322 |
|           | Bhavnagar            |            9110 |

| Sl. No.   | State/UT/District   |   ST Population |
|-----------|---------------------|-----------------|
|           | Anand               |           24824 |
|           | Kheda               |           40336 |
|           | Panch Mahals        |          721604 |
|           | Dohad               |         1580850 |
|           | Vadodara            |         1149901 |
|           | Narmada             |          481392 |
|           | Bharuch             |          488194 |
|           | The Dangs           |          216073 |
|           | Navsari             |          639659 |
|           | Valsad              |          902794 |
|           | Surat               |          856952 |
|           | Tapi                |          679320 |
| 25        | DAMAN&DIU           |           15363 |
| 25        | Diu                 |             123 |
| 25        | Daman               |           15240 |
| 25        | DADRA &NAGARHAVELI  |          178564 |
| 26        | Dadra &Nagar Haveli |          178564 |
| 27        | MAHARASHTRA         |        10510213 |
|           | Nandurbar           |         1141933 |
|           | Dhule               |          647315 |
|           | Jalgaon             |          604367 |
|           | Buldana             |          124837 |
|           | Akola               |          100280 |
|           | Washim              |           80471 |
|           | Amravati            |          404128 |
|           | Wardha              |          149507 |
|           | Nagpur              |          437571 |
|           | Bhandara            |           88886 |
|           | Gondiya             |          214253 |
|           | Gadchiroli          |          415306 |
|           | Chandrapur          |          389441 |
|           | Yavatmal            |          514057 |
|           | Nanded              |          281695 |
|           | Hingoli             |          111954 |
|           | Parbhani            |           40514 |
|           | Jalna               |           42263 |
|           | Aurangabad          |          143366 |
|           | Nashik              |         1564369 |
|           | Thane               |         1542451 |
|           | Mumbai Suburban     |          104560 |
|           | Mumbai              |           25093 |
|           | Raigarh             |          305125 |

| Sl. No.   | State/UT/District           |   ST Population |
|-----------|-----------------------------|-----------------|
|           | Pune                        |          348876 |
|           | Ahmadnagar                  |          378230 |
|           | Bid                         |           32722 |
|           | Latur                       |           57488 |
|           | Osmanabad                   |           36039 |
|           | Solapur                     |           77592 |
|           | Satara                      |           29635 |
|           | Ratnagiri                   |           20374 |
|           | Sindhudurg                  |            6976 |
|           | Kolhapur                    |           30206 |
|           | Sangli                      |           18333 |
| 28        | ANDHRA PRADESH              |         5918073 |
|           | Adilabad                    |          495794 |
|           | Nizamabad                   |          192941 |
|           | Karimnagar                  |          106745 |
|           | Medak                       |          168985 |
|           | Hyderabad                   |           48937 |
|           | Rangareddy                  |          218757 |
|           | Mahbubnagar                 |          364269 |
|           | Nalgonda                    |          394279 |
|           | Warangal                    |          530656 |
|           | Khammam                     |          765565 |
|           | Srikakulam                  |          166118 |
|           | Vizianagaram                |          235556 |
|           | Visakhapatnam               |          618500 |
|           | East Godavari               |          213195 |
|           | West Godavari               |          109072 |
|           | Krishna                     |          132464 |
|           | Guntur                      |          247089 |
|           | Prakasam                    |          151145 |
|           | Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore |          285997 |
|           | Y.S.R.                      |           75886 |
|           | Kurnool                     |           82831 |
|           | Anantapur                   |          154127 |
| 29        | Chittoor                    |          159165 |
| 29        | KARNATAKA                   |         4248987 |
| 29        | Belgaum                     |          297198 |
| 29        | Bagalkot                    |           97203 |
| 29        | Bijapur                     |           39314 |
| 29        | Bidar                       |          235822 |
| 29        | Raichur                     |          367071 |
| 29        | Koppal                      |          164271 |

| Sl. No.   | State/UT/District   |   ST Population |
|-----------|---------------------|-----------------|
|           | Gadag               |           61654 |
|           | Dharwad             |           87548 |
|           | Uttara Kannada      |           34239 |
|           | Haveri              |          141380 |
|           | Bellary             |          451406 |
|           | Chitradurga         |          302554 |
|           | Davanagere          |          233112 |
|           | Shimoga             |           65412 |
|           | Udupi               |           52897 |
|           | Chikmagalur         |           44970 |
|           | Tumkur              |          209559 |
|           | Bangalore           |          190239 |
|           | Mandya              |           22402 |
|           | Hassan              |           32329 |
|           | Dakshina Kannada    |           82268 |
|           | Kodagu              |           58054 |
|           | Mysore              |          334547 |
|           | Chamarajanagar      |          120219 |
|           | Gulbarga            |           65259 |
|           | Yadgir              |          146849 |
|           | Kolar               |           78875 |
|           | Chikkaballapura     |          156487 |
|           | Bangalore Rural     |           52903 |
|           | Ramanagara          |           22946 |
| 30        | GOA                 |          149275 |
| 30        | North Goa           |           56606 |
| 30        | South Goa           |           92669 |
| 31        | LAKSHADWEEP         |           61120 |
|           | Lakshadweep         |           61120 |
|           | KERALA              |          484839 |
| 32        | Kasaragod           |           48857 |
|           | Kannur              |           41371 |
|           | Wayanad             |          151443 |
|           | Kozhikode           |           15228 |
|           | Malappuram          |           22990 |
|           | Palakkad            |           48972 |
|           | Thrissur            |            9430 |
|           | Ernakulam           |           16559 |
|           | Idukki              |           55815 |
|           | Kottayam            |           21972 |
|           | Alappuzha           |            6574 |
|           | Pathanamthitta      |            8108 |

| Sl. No.   | State/UT/District       | ST Population   |
|-----------|-------------------------|-----------------|
|           | Kollam                  | 10761           |
|           | Thiruvananthapuram      | 26759           |
|           | TAMIL NADU              | 794697          |
|           | Thiruvallur             | 47243           |
|           | Chennai                 | 10061           |
|           | Kancheepuram            | 41210           |
|           | Vellore                 | 72955           |
|           | Tiruvannamalai          | 90954           |
|           | Viluppuram              | 74859           |
|           | Salem                   | 119369          |
|           | Namakkal                | 57059           |
|           | Erode                   | 21880           |
|           | The Nilgiris            | 32813           |
|           | Dindigul                | 8064            |
|           | Karur                   | 575             |
|           | Tiruchirappalli         | 18198           |
|           | Perambalur              | 2584            |
|           | Ariyalur                | 10722           |
| 33        | Cuddalore               | 15702           |
|           | Nagapattinam            | 3756            |
|           | Thiruvarur              | 3034            |
|           | Thanjavur               | 3561            |
|           | Pudukkottai             | 1283            |
|           | Sivaganga               | 790             |
|           | Madurai                 | 11096           |
|           | Theni                   | 1835            |
|           | Virudhunagar            | 2294            |
|           | Ramanathapuram          | 1105            |
|           | Thoothukkudi            | 4911            |
|           | Tirunelveli             | 10270           |
|           | Kanniyakumari           | 7282            |
|           | Dharmapuri              | 63044           |
|           | Krishnagiri             | 22388           |
|           | Coimbatore              | 28342           |
|           | Tiruppur                | 5458            |
| 34        | PUDUCHERRY              | NST             |
|           | ANDAMAN&NICOBAR ISLANDS | 28530           |
| 35        | Nicobars                | 23681           |
| 35        | North &Middle Andaman   | 758             |
|           | South Andaman           | 4091            |

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

NST: No notified Scheduled Tribes (as in 2011)