Friday, November 20, 2009

SCHEDULED CASTES IN INDIA : POPULATION

POPULATION According to the 2001 Census, the popu­lation of Scheduled Castes in India was 166.6 million which was 16.20 per cent of the total population of the country.
Numerically, the scheduled castes were the largest in Uttar Pradesh, followed by Maharashtra, Bihar and West Bengal. There were no Scheduled Castes in Nagaland, Mizoram, Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep. The highest proportion of the Scheduled Caste population (Le., Scheduled Caste population in a state/Union territory as percentage of total population of that state/union territory) was in Punjab while the lowest was in Nagaland. TRIBAL GROUPS IN INDIA

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