Ministry of Tribal Affairs
Scheduled Tribes (ST) living in forest villages in the country
Posted On:
28 DEC 2017 4:06PM by PIB Delhi
Total number of Scheduled Tribes (STs) living in forest villages in the country, State /UT wise, are given below:-
|
Sl. No.
|
India / State /UT
|
ST Population in Forest Villages
|
|
|
INDIA
|
1332265
|
|
1
|
Jammu & Kashmir
|
56539
|
|
2
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
0
|
|
3
|
Punjab
|
0
|
|
4
|
Chandigarh
|
0
|
|
5
|
Uttarakhand
|
2538
|
|
6
|
Haryana
|
0
|
|
7
|
NCT of Delhi
|
0
|
|
8
|
Rajasthan
|
0
|
|
9
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
1523
|
|
10
|
Bihar
|
0
|
|
11
|
Sikkim
|
893
|
|
12
|
Arunachal Pradesh
|
0
|
|
13
|
Manipur
|
0
|
|
14
|
Nagaland
|
0
|
|
15
|
Mizoram
|
0
|
|
16
|
Tripura
|
0
|
|
17
|
Meghalaya
|
0
|
|
18
|
Assam
|
329445
|
|
19
|
West Bengal
|
0
|
|
20
|
Jharkhand
|
5762
|
|
21
|
Odisha
|
2120
|
|
22
|
Chhattisgarh
|
179423
|
|
23
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
635671
|
|
24
|
Gujarat
|
29624
|
|
25
|
Daman & Diu
|
0
|
|
26
|
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
|
0
|
|
27
|
Maharashtra
|
80181
|
|
28
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
341
|
|
29
|
Karnataka
|
0
|
|
30
|
Goa
|
0
|
|
31
|
Lakshadweep
|
0
|
|
32
|
Kerala
|
0
|
|
33
|
Tamil Nadu
|
7764
|
|
34
|
Puducherry
|
0
|
|
35
|
Andaman & Nicobar Islands
|
441
|
Source: Census 2011, Office of Registrar General, India
Section 4(5) of the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 provides specific safeguards against the eviction or removal of a member of forest dwelling Scheduled Tribe or Other Traditional Forest Dweller from forest land under his occupation till the recognition and verification procedure is complete. The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 also provides special safeguards for Scheduled Tribes with regard to their land rights and livelihood.
Ministry of Tribal Affairs, vide its letter No.23011/33/2010-FRA dated 08.11.2013, has issued guidelines to all State Governments /UT Administrations on conversion of forest villages, old habitations, unsurveyed villages, etc. into revenue villages.
This Press Release is based on the information given by the Minister of State for Tribal Affairs Shri Jaswantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha on 28.12.2017 (Thursday).
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