Lok Sabha Question No. 1266 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-07
Subject: Tribal Population
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: MAMTAZ SANGHAMITA, K. KAMARAAJ, RAMSINH PATALYABHAI RATHWA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## (MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS) LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1266 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.12.2015

## TRIBAL POPULATION

1266.     DR. MAMTAZ SANGHAMITTA: DR. K. KAMARAJ: SHRI RAMSINH RATHWA:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has conducted any census to ascertain the tribal population in the country; and
- (b) if so, the details thereof including total number of tribal population and percentage of their population in each State, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS (SHRI MANSUKHBHAI DHANJIBHAI VASAVA)

- (a): Yes, Madam.
- (b): Based  on  Census  2011,  conducted  by  the  Office  of  the  Registrar  General  &  Census Commissioner, India, State/  UT -wise details  of  population  of  Scheduled  Tribes  (ST)  and  their percentage in each State/ UT are given at Annexure.

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Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  to  part  (b)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.1266  for Answer on 07.12.2015.

| Sl. No.   | India/ State/ UT    | ST Population   | Percentage of STs in India/ State to total population of India/ State   | Percentage of STs in the State to total ST population in India   |
|-----------|---------------------|-----------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|           | India               | 104545716       | 8.6                                                                     | -                                                                |
| 1         | Jammu &Kashmir      | 1493299         | 11.9                                                                    | 1.4                                                              |
| 2         | Himachal Pradesh    | 392126          | 5.7                                                                     | 0.4                                                              |
| 3         | Punjab              | NST             | NST                                                                     | NST                                                              |
| 4         | Chandigarh          | NST             | NST                                                                     | NST                                                              |
| 5         | Uttarakhand         | 291903          | 2.9                                                                     | 0.3                                                              |
| 6         | Haryana             | NST             | NST                                                                     | NST                                                              |
| 7         | NCT of Delhi        | NST             | NST                                                                     | NST                                                              |
| 8         | Rajasthan           | 9238534         | 13.5                                                                    | 8.8                                                              |
| 9         | Uttar Pradesh       | 1134273         | 0.6                                                                     | 1.1                                                              |
| 10        | Bihar               | 1336573         | 1.3                                                                     | 1.3                                                              |
| 11        | Sikkim              | 206360          | 33.8                                                                    | 0.2                                                              |
| 12        | Arunachal Pradesh   | 951821          | 68.8                                                                    | 0.9                                                              |
| 13        | Nagaland            | 1710973         | 86.5                                                                    | 1.6                                                              |
| 14        | Manipur             | 1167422         | 40.9                                                                    | 1.1                                                              |
| 15        | Mizoram             | 1036115         | 94.4                                                                    | 1.0                                                              |
| 16        | Tripura             | 1166813         | 31.8                                                                    | 1.1                                                              |
| 17        | Meghalaya           | 2555861         | 86.1                                                                    | 2.4                                                              |
| 18        | Assam               | 3884371         | 12.4                                                                    | 3.7                                                              |
| 19        | West Bengal         | 5296953         | 5.8                                                                     | 5.1                                                              |
| 20        | Jharkhand           | 8645042         | 26.2                                                                    | 8.3                                                              |
| 21        | Odisha              | 9590756         | 22.8                                                                    | 9.2                                                              |
| 22        | Chhattisgarh        | 7822902         | 30.6                                                                    | 7.5                                                              |
| 23        | Madhya Pradesh      | 15316784        | 21.1                                                                    | 14.7                                                             |
| 24        | Gujarat             | 8917174         | 14.8                                                                    | 8.5                                                              |
| 25        | Daman &Diu          | 15363           | 6.3                                                                     | 0.01                                                             |
| 26        | Dadra &Nagar Haveli | 178564          | 52.0                                                                    | 0.2                                                              |
| 27        | Maharashtra         | 10510213        | 9.4                                                                     | 10.1                                                             |
| 28        | Telangana           | 3286928         | 9.3                                                                     | 3.1                                                              |
| 29        | Andhra Pradesh      | 2631145         | 5.3                                                                     | 2.5                                                              |
| 30        | Karnataka           | 4248987         | 7.0                                                                     | 4.1                                                              |
| 31        | Goa                 | 149275          | 10.2                                                                    | 0.1                                                              |
| 32        | Lakshadweep         | 61120           | 94.8                                                                    | 0.1                                                              |
| 33        | Kerala              | 484839          | 1.5                                                                     | 0.5                                                              |
| 34        | Tamil Nadu          | 794697          | 1.1                                                                     | 0.8                                                              |
| 35        | Puducherry          | NST             | NST                                                                     | NST                                                              |
| 36        | A&NIslands          | 28530           | 7.5                                                                     | 0.03                                                             |

Source: Census 2011

NST: No Notified Scheduled Tribes in the State/ UT