Lok Sabha Question No. 2382 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-08-04
Subject: SC/OBC Population
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: MEKAPATI RAJAMOHAN REDDY

**GOVERNMENT OF INDIA**

**MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE & EMPOWERMENT**

**LOK SABHA**

#### UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2382

#### TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.08.2015

**2382. SC/OBC POPULATION**

**SHRI M. RAJA MOHAN REDDY:**

**Will the Minister of SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT be pleased to state:**

(a) the population of SC and OBC persons as per the latest census in the country, State-wise;

(b) whether the Government is considering any proposal for setting up a constitutional body on the lines of the SC/ ST commission for the Other Backward Classes; and

(c) if so, the status of the proposal?

**ANSWER**

MINISTER OF STATE FOR Social Justice and Empowerment

**(SHRI KRISHAN PAL GURJAR)**

(a) Details of State-wise population of SC are at Annexure. In respect of OBC population, the Socio-Economic Caste Census, 2011 data relating to the caste-wise population is not available.

(b) No.

(c): In view of (b) above, does not arise.

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| **Details of State/UT-wise Scheduled Castes Population and Households                                     (As per 2011 Census)**   |                        |                   |                                       |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------|-------------------|---------------------------------------|
| **Sl. No**                                                                                                                         | **State/UT**           | **SC Population** | **% Share of SC to total population** |
| 1                                                                                                                                  | Andaman and Nicobar    | NIL               | Nil                                   |
| 2                                                                                                                                  | Andhra Pradesh         | 13878078          | 16.39                                 |
| 3                                                                                                                                  | Arunachal Pradesh      | Nil               | Nil                                   |
| 4                                                                                                                                  | Assam                  | 2231321           | 7.16                                  |
| 5                                                                                                                                  | Bihar                  | 16567325          | 15.96                                 |
| 6                                                                                                                                  | Chandigarh             | 199086            | 18.88                                 |
| 7                                                                                                                                  | Chattisgarh            | 3274269           | 12.82                                 |
| 8                                                                                                                                  | Dadar and Nagar Haveli | 6186              | 1.80                                  |
| 9                                                                                                                                  | Daman and Diu          | 6124              | 2.52                                  |
| 10                                                                                                                                 | Goa                    | 25449             | 1.75                                  |
| 11                                                                                                                                 | Gujarat                | 4074447           | 6.75                                  |
| 12                                                                                                                                 | Haryana                | 5113615           | 20.17                                 |
| 13                                                                                                                                 | Himachal Pradesh       | 1729252           | 25.22                                 |
| 14                                                                                                                                 | J&K                    | 924991            | 7.37                                  |
| 15                                                                                                                                 | Jharkhand              | 3985644           | 12.09                                 |
| 16                                                                                                                                 | Karnataka              | 10474992          | 17.14                                 |
| 17                                                                                                                                 | Kerala                 | 3039573           | 9.10                                  |
| 18                                                                                                                                 | Lakshadweep            | Nil               | Nil                                   |
| 19                                                                                                                                 | Madhya Pradesh         | 11342320          | 15.62                                 |
| 20                                                                                                                                 | Maharashtra            | 13275898          | 11.81                                 |
| 21                                                                                                                                 | Manipur                | 97328             | 3.58                                  |
| 22                                                                                                                                 | Meghalaya              | 17355             | 0.59                                  |
| 23                                                                                                                                 | Mizoram                | 1218              | 0.11                                  |
| 24                                                                                                                                 | Nagaland               | Nil               | NIl                                   |
| 25                                                                                                                                 | NCT of Delhi           | 2812309           | 26.15                                 |
| 26                                                                                                                                 | Odisha                 | 7188463           | 17.14                                 |
| 27                                                                                                                                 | Puducherry             | 196325            | 15.78                                 |
| 28                                                                                                                                 | Punjab                 | 8860179           | 31.98                                 |
| 29                                                                                                                                 | Rajasthan              | 12221593          | 17.81                                 |
| 30                                                                                                                                 | Sikkim                 | 28275             | 4.65                                  |
| 31                                                                                                                                 | Tamil Nadu             | 14438445          | 20.01                                 |
| 32                                                                                                                                 | Tripura                | 654918            | 17.84                                 |
| 33                                                                                                                                 | Uttar Pradesh          | 41357608          | 20.72                                 |
| 34                                                                                                                                 | Uttarakhand            | 1892516           | 18.71                                 |
| 35                                                                                                                                 | West Bengal            | 21463270          | 23.50                                 |
|                                                                                                                                    | **All India**          | **201378372**     | **16.64**                             |