The population of Gujarat in the 2011 Census of India was 60,439,692. Of this, 8,917,174 people belong to one of the Scheduled Tribes (STs), constituting 14.75 percent of the total population. The state registered 21.4 percent growth in the Scheduled Tribe population between 1991 and 2001. [1]
There are thirty-one (31) notified Scheduled Tribes in the state, which are as follows: [2] [3] [4] [ clarification needed ]
Name | Total population | Proportion to the total ST population |
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Bhil, Bhil Taviyad, Bhil Garasia, Dholi Bhil, Dungri Bhil, Dungri Garasia, Malivad bhil, Mewasi Bhil, Rawal Bhil, Tadvi Bhil, Bhagalia, Bhilala, Pawra, Vasava, Vasave | 4,215,603 | 47.28% |
Chaudhari (in Surat and Valsad districts) | 302,958 | 3.40% |
Dhanka, Tadvi, Tetaria, Valvi | 280,949 | 3.15% |
Dhodia, Dhodi | 635,695 | 7.13% |
Rathod, Talavia, Halpati | 643,120 | 7.21% |
Gamit, Gamta, Gavit, Mavchi, Padvi | 378,445 | 4.24% |
Kokni, Kokna, Kukna Tribe, Kunbi | 461,587 | 5.17% |
Naikda, Nayka, Nayaka, Patel Nayka, Cholivala Nayaka, Kapadia Nayaka, Mota Nayaka, Nana Nayaka | 459,908 | 5.16% |
Rathwa | 643,381 | 8.50% |
Varli | 328,194 | 3.68% |
Other Tribes | 668,367 | 7.50% |
Barodia | 25,562 | 5.47% |
Pargi | 985,995 | 9.95% |
Total | 9,87,7607 | 100.00% |
Gujarat's scheduled areas: [5]
The Scheduled Areas in the States of Bihar and Gujarat were originally specified by the Scheduled Areas (Part A States), Order, 1950 (Constitution Order, 9), dated 23.1.1950m, and have been re-specified as above by the Scheduled Areas (States of Bihar, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, and Orissa), Order, 1977 (Constitution Order, 109), dated 31.12.1977. [5]
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The Bhil languages are a group of lects spoken by the Bhil that are classified as dialects of Indo-Aryan languages such as Gujarati and Rajasthani. They are spoken by around 10.4 million Bhils in western and central India as of 2011 and constitute the primary languages of the southern Aravalli Range in Rajasthan and the western Satpura Range in Madhya Pradesh, northwestern Maharashtra, and southern Gujarat.
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