Lok Sabha Question No. 1288 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-07-28
Subject: Socio-Economic and Caste Census
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: RANGASWAMY DHRUVANARAYANA, SUNIL KUMAR SINGH, GOPALAKRISHNAN CHINNARAJ, RAMSINH PATALYABHAI RATHWA

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1288

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 28 TH JULY, 2015/ SHRAVANA 6, 1937 (Saka)

**SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND CASTE CENSUS**

1288. 	SHRI R. DHRUVA NARAYANA:

SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SINGH:

DR. C. GOPALAKRISHNAN:

SHRI RAMSINH RATHWA:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has released the provisional findings of the

Socio-Economic and Caste Census (SECC) recently;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether data on the break-up of caste in the country has not been released so far;

(d) if so, the reasons therefor; and

(e) the time by which the said data is likely to be released/made public?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

(SHRI HARIBHAI PARATHIBHAI CHAUDHARY)

(a) : Yes Madam; Ministry of Rural Development, the Nodal Ministry in Government of India for Socio Economic and Caste Census (SECC) matters, has recently released the provisional findings of the SECC.

(b) : The details of the provisional findings as obtained from Ministry of Rural Development is enclosed as Annex.

(c to e) : No Madam; the caste data enumerated in SECC have not been released as the same are not yet finalized.

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|            |                           |                      |                                                        |                                          |                                                                             |                                                     |                                    | ANNEX.                               |                                                                                       |    |    |
| **Sl. No** | **State**                 | **Total Households** | **% of Deprived Households with deprivation criteria** |                                          |                                                                             |                                                     |                                    |                                      |                                                                                       |    |    |
|            |                           |                      | **Only one room with kucha walls and kucha roof**      | **No adult member between age 16 to 59** | **Female headed households with no adult male member between age 16 to 59** | **Disabled member and no able bodied adult member** | **SC/ST households**               | **No literate adult above 25 years** | **Landless households deriving major part of their income from manual casual labour** |    |    |
|            |                           |                      | **D1**                                                 | **D2**                                   | **D3**                                                                      | **D4**                                              | **D5**                             | **D6**                               | **D7**                                                                                |    |    |
|            | **All India**             | **179164759**        | **13.25%**                                             | **3.64%**                                | **3.85%**                                                                   | **0.40%**                                           | **21.53%**                         | **23.52%**                           | **29.97%**                                                                            |    |    |
| 1          | ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS | 66643                | 1.66%                                                  | 1.97%                                    | 2.38%                                                                       | 0.25%                                               | 6.27%                              | 7.81%                                | 10.77%                                                                                |    |    |
| 2          | ANDHRA PRADESH            | 9297011              | 3.71%                                                  | 6.12%                                    | 6.61%                                                                       | 0.36%                                               | 17.20%                             | 28.68%                               | 36.49%                                                                                |    |    |
| 3          | ARUNACHAL PRADESH         | 187870               | 9.66%                                                  | 1.43%                                    | 2.47%                                                                       | 0.36%                                               | 31.46%                             | 20.76%                               | 3.96%                                                                                 |    |    |
| 4          | ASSAM                     | 5743836              | 8.14%                                                  | 1.49%                                    | 3.36%                                                                       | 0.40%                                               | 16.26%                             | 24.83%                               | 27.26%                                                                                |    |    |
| 5          | BIHAR                     | 17662724             | 19.60%                                                 | 3.42%                                    | 2.95%                                                                       | 0.47%                                               | 15.80%                             | 34.05%                               | 46.78%                                                                                |    |    |
| 6          | CHANDIGARH                | 15657                | 1.45%                                                  | 0.42%                                    | 0.67%                                                                       | 0.04%                                               | 9.51%                              | 15.49%                               | 11.15%                                                                                |    |    |
| 7          | CHHATTISGARH              | 4523606              | 28.99%                                                 | 6.48%                                    | 6.79%                                                                       | 0.81%                                               | 42.14%                             | 33.94%                               | 34.00%                                                                                |    |    |
| 8          | DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI      | 45352                | 9.84%                                                  | 1.75%                                    | 1.87%                                                                       | 0.13%                                               | 46.47%                             | 30.70%                               | 15.40%                                                                                |    |    |
| 9          | DAMAN AND DIU             | 31795                | 0.82%                                                  | 1.05%                                    | 1.52%                                                                       | 0.13%                                               | 2.40%                              | 11.55%                               | 9.10%                                                                                 |    |    |
| 10         | GOA                       | 220731               | 0.74%                                                  | 1.38%                                    | 2.38%                                                                       | 0.16%                                               | 3.76%                              | 4.01%                                | 5.33%                                                                                 |    |    |
| 11         | GUJARAT                   | 6922567              | 9.74%                                                  | 3.34%                                    | 2.84%                                                                       | 0.28%                                               | 19.26%                             | 17.03%                               | 26.59%                                                                                |    |    |
| 12         | HARYANA                   | 2969509              | 3.39%                                                  | 1.89%                                    | 1.74%                                                                       | 0.19%                                               | 15.73%                             | 16.68%                               | 27.09%                                                                                |    |    |
| 13         | HIMACHAL PRADESH          | 1261682              | 1.16%                                                  | 2.70%                                    | 2.96%                                                                       | 0.31%                                               | 13.28%                             | 7.77%                                | 3.92%                                                                                 |    |    |
| 14         | JAMMU & KASHMIR           | 1600842              | 7.46%                                                  | 1.83%                                    | 1.66%                                                                       | 0.36%                                               | 15.80%                             | 25.18%                               | 7.73%                                                                                 |    |    |
| 15         | JHARKHAND                 | 5045083              | 14.79%                                                 | 2.62%                                    | 3.14%                                                                       | 0.34%                                               | 31.09%                             | 28.43%                               | 18.08%                                                                                |    |    |
| 16         | KARNATAKA                 | 8048694              | 4.47%                                                  | 2.90%                                    | 4.75%                                                                       | 0.25%                                               | 16.26%                             | 18.95%                               | 14.59%                                                                                |    |    |
| 17         | KERALA                    | 6289649              | 1.43%                                                  | 2.11%                                    | 3.67%                                                                       | 0.19%                                               | 7.11%                              | 1.82%                                | 18.80%                                                                                |    |    |
| 18         | LAKSHADWEEP               | 10929                | 1.07%                                                  | 0.70%                                    | 2.11%                                                                       | 0.20%                                               | 12.89%                             | 0.64%                                | 3.10%                                                                                 |    |    |
| 19         | MADHYA PRADESH            | 11282731             | 24.89%                                                 | 5.19%                                    | 4.07%                                                                       | 0.74%                                               | 31.27%                             | 33.13%                               | 38.34%                                                                                |    |    |
| 20         | MAHARASHTRA               | 13559803             | 7.87%                                                  | 5.11%                                    | 4.82%                                                                       | 0.35%                                               | 19.40%                             | 17.62%                               | 29.32%                                                                                |    |    |
| 21         | MANIPUR                   | 448163               | 2.43%                                                  | 1.38%                                    | 2.97%                                                                       | 0.19%                                               | 39.00%                             | 13.77%                               | 13.87%                                                                                |    |    |
| 22         | MEGHALAYA                 | 485913               | 6.25%                                                  | 1.67%                                    | 5.59%                                                                       | 0.40%                                               | 63.38%                             | 25.67%                               | 27.27%                                                                                |    |    |
| 23         | MIZORAM                   | 111626               | 11.79%                                                 | 2.11%                                    | 3.32%                                                                       | 0.21%                                               | 59.15%                             | 16.13%                               | 4.78%                                                                                 |    |    |
| 24         | NAGALAND                  | 284310               | 3.50%                                                  | 2.87%                                    | 4.42%                                                                       | 0.44%                                               | 61.18%                             | 21.40%                               | 4.95%                                                                                 |    |    |
| 25         | NCT OF DELHI              | 1051106              | 0.32%                                                  | 0.32%                                    | 0.40%                                                                       | 0.04%                                               | 2.69%                              | 3.53%                                | 4.86%                                                                                 |    |    |
| 26         | ODISHA                    | 8622827              | 27.23%                                                 | 4.88%                                    | 5.25%                                                                       | 0.59%                                               | 36.95%                             | 27.79%                               | 36.19%                                                                                |    |    |
| 27         | PUDUCHERRY                | 115079               | 13.45%                                                 | 3.99%                                    | 6.07%                                                                       | 0.27%                                               | 13.89%                             | 11.12%                               | 20.86%                                                                                |    |    |
| 28         | PUNJAB                    | 3268562              | 2.52%                                                  | 1.68%                                    | 1.18%                                                                       | 0.17%                                               | 16.25%                             | 12.52%                               | 21.10%                                                                                |    |    |
| 29         | RAJASTHAN                 | 10222277             | 19.98%                                                 | 3.20%                                    | 3.08%                                                                       | 0.77%                                               | 27.32%                             | 31.38%                               | 21.93%                                                                                |    |    |
| 30         | SIKKIM                    | 88723                | 2.29%                                                  | 1.74%                                    | 2.80%                                                                       | 0.74%                                               | 26.89%                             | 13.50%                               | 8.07%                                                                                 |    |    |
| 31         | TAMILNADU                 | 10067849             | 12.79%                                                 | 6.29%                                    | 6.85%                                                                       | 0.27%                                               | 18.13%                             | 16.39%                               | 37.22%                                                                                |    |    |
| 32         | TELANGANA                 | 5706101              | 1.95%                                                  | 4.69%                                    | 5.09%                                                                       | 0.37%                                               | 16.32%                             | 25.56%                               | 22.86%                                                                                |    |    |
| 33         | TRIPURA                   | 693455               | 7.26%                                                  | 2.35%                                    | 3.86%                                                                       | 0.30%                                               | 31.63%                             | 11.82%                               | 27.25%                                                                                |    |    |
| 34         | UTTAR PRADESH             | 25975460             | 10.68%                                                 | 2.47%                                    | 2.03%                                                                       | 0.20%                                               | 16.69%                             | 20.33%                               | 22.18%                                                                                |    |    |
| 35         | UTTARAKHAND               | 1479742              | 2.65%                                                  | 3.49%                                    | 5.54%                                                                       | 0.41%                                               | 12.73%                             | 12.88%                               | 12.28%                                                                                |    |    |
| 36         | WEST BENGAL               | 15756852             | 21.06%                                                 | 2.41%                                    | 3.55%                                                                       | 0.47%                                               | 30.15%                             | 25.73%                               | 44.32%                                                                                |    |    |
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