The Scheduled Tribes in Uttar Pradesh comprise 16 tribes, with a population of 1,134,273, constituting 0.47% of the state's population according to the 2011 census. Until 2003, the recognized Scheduled Tribes in Uttar Pradesh were limited to five: Buksa, Bhotiya, Jaunsari, Raji, and Tharu. Subsequently, additional tribes were notified as Scheduled Tribes in the state, but their scheduled status is limited to specific districts.[1][2]
List of Scheduled Tribes edit
- Bhotia
- Buksa
- Jaunsari
- Raji
- Tharu
- Gond, Dhuria, Nayak, Ojha, Pathari, Raj Gond (in the districts of Mehrajganj, Sidharth Nagar, Basti, Gorakhpur, Deoria, Mau, Azamgarh, Jaunpur, Ballia, Ghazipur, Varanasi, Mirzapur, and Sonbhadra)
- Kharwar, Khairwar (in the districts of Deoria, Balia, Ghazipur, Varanasi, and Sonbhadra)
- Saharya (in the district of Lalitpur)
- Parahiya (in the district of Sonbhadra)
- Baiga (in the district of Sonbhadra)
- Pankha, Panika (in the districts of Sonbhadra and Mirzapur)
- Agariya (in the district of Sonbhadra)
- Patari (in the district of Sonbhadra)
- Chero (in the districts of Sonbhadra and Varanasi)
- Bhuiya, Bhuinya (in the district of Sonbhadra)
References edit
- ^ "Tribal Development Department: Home page".
- ^ "State wise Scheduled Tribes — Uttar Pradesh" (PDF). Ministry Tribal Affairs, Government of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-11-23. Retrieved 2017-02-04.
- The Ministry of Tribal Affairs, The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Orders (Amendment) Act, 2002 (No. 10 of 2003) dated 7th January, 2003)
- https://tribal.nic.in/downloads/CLM/CLM_1/20.pdf
- Addition of Gond, Dhuriya, Nayak, Raj Gond, Ojha, Pathariin Districts - Sant Kabir Nagar, Kushinagar, Chandauli and Bhadohi