Lok Sabha Question No. 104 (STARRED), answered on 2016-05-02
Subject: Forest Villages
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: VIJAY KUMAR HANSDAK

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS)

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. † 104

TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.05.2016

## FOREST VILLAGES

## †*104. SHRI VIJAY KUMAR HANSDAK:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of tribal dominated forest villages/habitations and their population in the country at present, State/UT-wise;
- (b) the number of such villages converted into revenue villages so far, State/UT-wise; and
- (c) the steps taken/being taken by the Government to convert all the forest villages/habitations in the country into revenue villages and the time by which it is likely to be done, State/UTwise?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS (SHRI JUAL ORAM)

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

Statement referred to in reply to parts (a) to (c) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. *104 (Fourth Position) for answer on 02.05.2016 tabled by SHRI VIJAY KUMAR HANSDAK regarding 'FOREST VILLAGES'

(a)  The number of Forest Villages, total population in the forest villages and ST population in the Forest Villages State/UT wise is placed at Annex I.

(b) & (c) This Ministry has issued guidelines on conversion of forest villages, old habitations, unsurveyed  villages  etc.  into  revenue  villages  vide  letter  No.23011/33/2010-FRA  dated 08.11.2013.  Status  of  conversion  of  Forest  Villages  to  Revenue  Villages  based  on  the information received from the State Governments is placed at Annex II.

Annex I

Statement in  reply  to  part  (a)  of  Lok  Sabha  Starred  Question  No.  *104  tabled  by  Shri Vijay Kumar Hansdak regarding 'Forest Villages'to be answered on 02.05.2016.

(Source: Census 2011)

| Sl. No.   | State Name               |   No. of Forest Villages |   Total Population in the forest village |   ST Population in the forest village |
|-----------|--------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| 1         | Jammu &Kashmir           |                       41 |                                    82652 |                                 56539 |
| 2         | Uttarakhand              |                      421 |                                   187432 |                                  2538 |
| 3         | Uttar Pradesh            |                       89 |                                    44178 |                                  1523 |
| 4         | Sikkim                   |                       51 |                                     3691 |                                   893 |
| 5         | Assam                    |                      897 |                                   765098 |                                329445 |
| 6         | Jharkhand                |                       14 |                                     6575 |                                  5762 |
| 7         | Odisha                   |                       47 |                                     2544 |                                  2120 |
| 8         | Chhattisgarh             |                      658 |                                   217123 |                                179423 |
| 9         | Madhya Pradesh           |                     1165 |                                   737837 |                                635671 |
| 10        | Gujarat                  |                      162 |                                    38047 |                                 29624 |
| 11        | Maharashtra              |                       73 |                                    81675 |                                 80181 |
| 12        | Andhra Pradesh           |                        3 |                                      341 |                                   341 |
| 13        | Tamil Nadu               |                      736 |                                    23125 |                                  7764 |
| 14        | Andaman &Nicobar Islands |                      169 |                                    15693 |                                   441 |
|           | INDIA                    |                     4526 |                                  2206011 |                               1332265 |

## Annex-II

Statement referred to in reply to parts (b) and (c) of the Lok Sabha Starred question No.*104 for 02.5.2016 by Shri Vijay Kumar Hansdak regarding 'Forest Villages'

Status of conversion of  Forest Villages  to Revenue Villages as per  Forest Rights Act,2006 based on the  information received  from the State Governments.

|   S.No | Name of the State   | Forest village to Revenue village                                                                              |
|--------|---------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|      1 | Madhya Pradesh      | 925 Forest Villages to be converted to Revenue Villages                                                        |
|      2 | Maharashtra         | All Forest villages except for 73 Villages in Nandurbar are in the process of conversion into revenue villages |
|      3 | Chhattisgarh        | 421 Forest villages converted to Revenue villages                                                              |
|      4 | West Bengal         | 86 Forest villages converted to Revenue villages                                                               |
|      5 | Odisha              | Recorded 22 Forest Villages and unsurveyed habitationsidentified for being converted to Revenue villages       |
|      6 | Gujarat             | Out of total 196 recorded forest settlement, 175 have been identified for conversion to Revenue villages       |
|      7 | Uttar Pradesh       | Out of total 12 recordedforest settlements, 6 have been converted to Revenue Villages.                         |