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Dr. C. CHANDRAMOULI REGISTRAR GENERAL & CENSUS COMMISSIONER, INDIA

MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS 30TH APRIL 2013

CENSUS OF INDIA 2011

DATA HIGHLIGHTS

RELEASE OF

Scheduled Caste (SC) &

Scheduled Tribe (ST)

SCs/STs in India - 2011

Scheduled Castes are notified in 31 States/UTs of

India and Scheduled Tribes in 30 States

There are altogether 1,241 individual ethnic

groups, etc. notified as Scheduled Castes in

different States/UTs

Number of individual ethnic groups, etc. notified

as Scheduled Tribes is 705

There has been some changes in the List of

SCs/STs in States/ UTs during the last decade

Population of SCs India : 2011

2001 2011 Variation

(%)

Persons 166.6 201.4 +20.8 %

Males 86.1 103.5 +20.3 %

Females 80.5 97.9 +21.5 %

(in million)

Population of STs India : 2011

Sex 2001 2011 Variation

(%)

Persons 84.3 104.3 +23.7 %

Males 42.6 52.4 +22.9 %

Females 41.7 51.9 +24.4 %

(in million)

Proportion of SC/ST Population India – 2001, 2011

Proportion of SCs Proportion of STs

2001 2011 2001 2011

Total 16.2 16.6 8.2 8.6

Rural 17.9 18.5 10.4 11.3

Urban 11.8 12.6 2.4 2.8

(In %)

PROPORTION OF SCs

PROPORTION OF STs

Uttar Pradesh

20,5

West Bengal

10,7

Bihar

8,2

Tamil Nadu

7,2

Andhra

Pradesh

6,9

Maharashtra

6,6

Rajasthan

6,1

Madhya Pradesh

5,6

Karnataka

5,2

Punjab

4,4

Odisha

3,6

Rest

15,0

(In %)

Madhya Pradesh

14,7

Maharashtra

10,1

Odisha

9,2

Rajasthan

8,9

Gujarat

8,6

Jharkhand

8,3

Chhattisgarh

7,5

Andhra Pradesh

5,7

West Bengal

5,1

Karnataka

4,1

Assam

3,7

Meghalaya

2,5

Rest

11,6

(In %)

States/UTs Ranked by Proportion of SCs - 2011

Top 5 States/UTs Bottom 5 States/UTs

Punjab 31.9% Mizoram 0.1%

Himachal Pradesh 25.2% Meghalaya 0.6%

West Bengal 23.5% Goa 1.7%

Uttar Pradesh 20.7% Dadra & Nagar Haveli

1.8%

Haryana 20.2% Daman & Diu 2.5%

Top 5 States/UTs Bottom 5 States/UTs

Lakshadweep 94.8% Uttar Pradesh 0.6%

Mizoram 94.4% Tamil Nadu 1.1%

Nagaland 86.5% Bihar 1.3%

Meghalaya 86.1% Kerala 1.5%

Arunachal Pradesh 68.8% Uttarakhand 2.9%

States/UTs Ranked by Proportion of STs - 2011