eBook | Demographic Status of Scheduled Tribe Population of India (Census figures 2011): Government of India

• Table 1.1 State wise Scheduled Tribe population and decadal change by residence : 2011 (TOTAL) – see PDF for details
• Table 1.2 All India Population and Total ST Population – Male&Female (Census 2011) – see PDF for details
• Table 1.3 All India Population and Total ST Population  – Male&Female …Rural (Census 2011) – see PDF for details
• Table 1.4 All India Population and Total ST Population –
  Male&Female …Urban (Census 2011) – see PDF for details
• Table 1.5. State wise Scheduled Tribe population by sex and residence : Census 2011 – see PDF for details
• Table 1.6 State wise Sex Ratio among Scheduled Tribes by residence : 2001 – 2011 – see PDF for details
• Table 1.7 State wise Percentage of Scheduled Tribes to total population : 2001-2011 – see PDF for details
• Table 1.8 Scheduled Tribe population and decadal change by residence: PERSONS – see PDF for details
• State wise no. of district where the ST population is more than 50% and between 25% to 50 percent as per Census 2011 – see PDF for details
• List of districts where the ST population is more than 50% – see PDF for details
• List of districts where the ST population is between 25% to 50% – see PDF for details
• Population of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PTGs)in India from 1961 to 2001 (Figures in actual) – see PDF for details

Tribes with more than 5 Lakh [o,5 million] of Population as per census 2001

• Bhil [~12,7 million]
• Gond [~10,8 million]
• Santal [~5,8 million]
• Mina [~3.8 million]
• Naikda etc. [~3,3 million]
• Oraon [~3,1 million]
• Sugalis [~2,1 million]
• Munda [~1,9 million]
• Naga etc. [~1,8 million]
• Khond [~1,4 million]
• Boro etc. [~1,3 million]
• Koli Mahadev [1,2~ million]
• Khasi etc. [~1,1 million]
• Warli [~1,1 million]
• Ho [~0,8 million]
• Gujjar [~0,7 million]
• Korku [~0,7 million]
• Bhumji [~0,7 million]
• Garo [~0,7 million]
• Koya [~0,7 million]
• Mizo [~0,7 million]
• Rathwa [~0,5 million]
• Saharia [~0,5 million]

Source: “Demographic Status of Scheduled Tribe Population of India”, Government of India, file: 201306110208002203443DemographicStatusofScheduledTribePopulationofIndia.pdf
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For information on the “Population of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PTGs) in India from 1961 to 2001”, please refer to p. 16

See also

• Adverse inclusion | Casteism | Rural poverty
• Demographic Status of Scheduled Tribe Population of India (Census figures 2011)
• Denotified Tribes, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Tribes – Report and Recommendations (Technical Advisory Group)
• Fact checking | Figures, census and other statistics
• Imprisonment & rehabilitation
• Map | An alphabetical journey across India: from Andaman to West Bengal
• Search tips | Names of tribal communities, regions and states of India
• State wise population of Scheduled Tribes (ST) and their percentage to the total population in the respective states and to the total STs population
• “What are the Rights of Scheduled Tribes?– Government of India (National Commission for Scheduled Tribes, NCST)
• “What is the Forest Rights Act about?” – Campaign for Survival and Dignity
• “Who are Scheduled Tribes?” – Government of India (National Commission for Scheduled Tribes, NCST)

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