File:2011 Census Scheduled Tribes distribution map India by state and union territory.svg
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Summary
This demographic map shows Scheduled Tribes (ST) as a percent of each state and union territory's population per 2011 Census of India. Mizoram and Lakshadweep had the highest percentage Tribal populations in 2011 among all Indian states/UT (nearly 95%), while Punjab and Haryana had 0%.
Scheduled Tribes are also known as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adivasi" class="extiw" title="en:Adivasi">Ādivāsīs</a>. Adivasi is an umbrella term for a heterogeneous set of ethnic and tribal groups who inhabit different parts of India. Different tribes live in mountainous northeastern states, dry areas of western states, the forests of central and eastern states, the islands of Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea, as well as other areas. Officially recognized by the Indian government as Scheduled Tribes in the Fifth Schedule of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_India" class="extiw" title="en:Constitution of India">en:Constitution of India</a>, they are often grouped together with <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Castes_in_India" title="Category:Castes in India">scheduled castes</a> in the category "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scheduled_Castes_and_Tribes" class="extiw" title="en:Scheduled Castes and Tribes">en:Scheduled Castes and Tribes</a>", which is eligible for certain affirmative action measures.
Data Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract - Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes, Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India (October 28 2013).
The data can be viewed in a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_PowerPoint" class="extiw" title="w:Microsoft PowerPoint">Powerpoint</a> presentation on a Government of India Census website <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011-Documents/SCST%20Presentation%2028-10-2013.ppt">here</a>.
The state and disputed national borders SVG code used to create this map is a derivative work of <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:India_literacy_rate_map_en.svg" title="File:India literacy rate map en.svg">File:India literacy rate map en.svg</a> available on wikimedia commons.
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current | 22:44, 5 January 2017 | ![]() | 1,578 × 1,738 (863 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | This demographic map shows Scheduled Tribes (ST) as a percent of each state and union territory's population per 2011 Census of India. Mizoram and Lakshadweep had the highest percentage Tribal populations in 2011 among all Indian states/UT (nearly 95%), while Punjab and Haryana had 0%. <p>Scheduled Tribes are also known as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adivasi" class="extiw" title="en:Adivasi">Ādivāsīs</a>. Adivasi is an umbrella term for a heterogeneous set of ethnic and tribal groups who inhabit different parts of India. Different tribes live in mountainous northeastern states, dry areas of western states, the forests of central and eastern states, the islands of Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea, as well as other areas. Officially recognized by the Indian government as Scheduled Tribes in the Fifth Schedule of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_India" class="extiw" title="en:Constitution of India">en:Constitution of India</a>, they are often grouped together with <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Castes_in_India" title="Category:Castes in India">scheduled castes</a> in the category "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scheduled_Castes_and_Tribes" class="extiw" title="en:Scheduled Castes and Tribes">en:Scheduled Castes and Tribes</a>", which is eligible for certain affirmative action measures. </p> <p>Data Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract - Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes, Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India (October 28 2013). </p> <p>The data can be viewed in a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_PowerPoint" class="extiw" title="w:Microsoft PowerPoint">Powerpoint</a> presentation on a Government of India Census website <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011-Documents/SCST%20Presentation%2028-10-2013.ppt">here</a>. </p> The state and disputed national borders SVG code used to create this map is a derivative work of <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:India_literacy_rate_map_en.svg" title="File:India literacy rate map en.svg">File:India literacy rate map en.svg</a> available on wikimedia commons. |
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