SCHEDULED TRIBES

Articles Provisions
342 Scheduled Tribes
366
Definitions


15

Prohibition of discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth

16 Equality of opportunity in matters of public employment
19


Protection of certain rights regarding freedom of speech, etc.
46

Promotion of Educational and Economic interests of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and other
weaker sections
335 Claims of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes to services and posts
330 Reservation of seats for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in the House of the People
332 Reservation of seats for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in the Legislative Assemblies of the
States
243D Reservation of seats (in Panchayats)
243T Reservation of seats
338A

National Commission for Scheduled Tribe

Profile of STs in India (2011)
Scheduled Tribe population is 104,281,034
Percentage of Scheduled Tribes to total
population 8.6
Child Mortality is 35.8% and Percentage of
Institutional Deliveries is 17.7
Percentage of population Below Poverty Line-
47.3 (33.3)
Around 92 percentage of them stay in
rural/hills/mountains/
there are 75 indigenous groups in India known as
Primitive Tribal Groups.







State/
Union Territory #
Percentage State/
Union Territory #
Percentage
Top 5 Bottom 5
Scheduled Tribes
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
Percentage to Total Population 2011
Indicator Literates Effective
Literacy Rate
2001 2011 2001 2011
Scheduled Tribes
Total 3,23,86,821 5,16,35,423 47.1 59.0
Rural 2,82,94,749 4,46,31,645 45.0 56.9
Urban 40,92,072 70,03,778 69.1 76.8
Profile of STs in Karnataka
The Koragas of Dakshina Kannada district and the Jenu
Kurubas who are concentrated in the districts of Mysore,
Chamarajnagar and Kodagu are classified as primitive
tribes.
There are 50 identified STs groups in Karnataka.
The various tribes found in Karnataka include-the
Todas, the Jenu Kurubas, the Kadu Kurubas etc.



Sex 2001 2011 Difference
% Growth
2001-2011
Persons
34,63,986
42,48,987 7,85,001 22.66
Males
17,56,238
21,34,754 3,78,516 21.55
Females
17,07,748
21,14,233 4,06,485 23.80
Sex
2001 2011
General
Pop.
SC
Pop.
ST
Pop.
General
Pop.
SC
Pop.
ST
Pop.
Persons
66.6 52.9 48.3 75.4 65.3 62.1
Males
76.1 63.8 59.7 82.5 74.0 71.1
Female
s
56.9 41.7 36.6 68.1 56.6 53.0
Districts Ranked by Proportion of ST
Karnataka:2011

Top 3 Districts Bottom 3 Districts
Raichur 19.03 Mandya 1.24
Bellary 18.41 Bijapur 1.81
Chitradurga 18.23 Hassan 1.82
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