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CENSUS OF INDIA 2001 LIST OF SCHEDULED CASTES AND SCHEDULED TRIBES Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India lA, Mansingh Road, New Delhi 2000 PREFACE For discharging the Constitutional obligation by Government towards the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, one of the basic requirements is the availability of population details for each notified Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe. To meet this requirement, the office of Census Commissioner, India has been providing such details since the 1951 Census. Column 15 of the Houselist Schedule for the Census of India 2001 would enquire if the head of the household belongs to a Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe. In the Household Schedule for the Census of India 2001, the name of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe will be recorded separately, if an individual belonged to Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe in response to the relevant questions. The list of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes are notified in pursuance of Articles 341 and 342 of the Constitution of India. These were notified for the first time under the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950 and the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order, 1950. It would be worthwhile to mention here that under the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950, no person who professed a religion different from Hinduism was deemed to be a member of a Scheduled Caste in addition to every member of the Ramdasi, Kabirpanthi, Majhabi or Sikligar caste, resident in Punjab or Patiala and East Punjab States Union were in relation to that State whether they professed the Hindu or the Sikh religion. Subsequently, in September 1956, by an amendment, the Presidential Order of 1950 and in all subsequent Presidential Orders relating to Scheduled Castes, the Hindu and Sikh religions were placed on the same footing with regard to the specification of Scheduled Castes. Later on, as per the amendment made in the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order 1990, the Hindu, Sikh and Budhism religions were placed on the same footing with regard to the recognition of the Scheduled Castes. A few more Orders specifying the Scheduled Castes/Tribes were promulgated in respect of those States and Union Territories, which came into existence after the linguistic reorganisation of States. In this series, the first list which came into force was the lists of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Lists Modification Order, 1956. The more recent Order in the series has been the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Orders (Amendment) Act, 1976. This Amendment Act inter-alia has removed certain area restrictions, which were applicable as per the 1956 Order in respect of most of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. This Act, however, did not affect the list of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in respect of the StateslUnion Territoties of Chandigarh, Delhi, Jammu & Kashmir and Pondicherry. The list of Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes are notified for each State and Union Territory and are valid only within the jurisdiction of that State or Union Territory and not outside. For obtaining the lists of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes currently in force for different States and Union Territories, one has to go through all the earlier Constitutional Amendments that have been affected. For instance, while in case of Delhi the list of Scheduled Castes drawn according to the 1956 (Modification) Order is valid, in case of Andhra Pradesh, this list was replaced by the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Orders (Amendment) Act, 1976. For Uttar Pradesh, the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Orders (Amendment) Act, 1976, is relevant for Scheduled Castes only, while for the Scheduled Tribes, the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) (Uttar Pradesh) Order, 1967 has to be referred to. While a few tribes have been added to the list of Scheduled Tribes of Meghalaya, by the Constitution Scheduled Tribes Order (Amendment) Act, 1987, in respect of Jammu and Kashmir State. eight tribes vide the Constitution (Jammu & Kashmir) Scheduled Tribes Order, 1989 and four tribes vide the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment) Act, 1991 have been specified as Scheduled Tribes. The lists of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, which are currently valid in respect of all States and Union Territories have been consolidated and presented in this volume. It may be pointed out that both for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes lists, certain castes and tribes are notified alongwith 'area restrictions'. Against some of these Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, old area names like 'the Agency tracts' (in Andhra Pradesh), 'Autonomous districts' (in Assam), 'Malabar district' (in Kerala) etc. are found to be still continuing in the lists, which no longer in usage. Similarly, district names such as Coorg, North Kanara and South Kanara shown against some of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, have now been duly corrected and modified to Kodagu, Uttara Kannada and Dakshina Kannada respectively in recent times. The presence of such out dated area names, as well as district names, is likely to confuse the Census enumerators while collecting the requisite information. Therefore, foot notes explaining the old area and district names have been provided at appropriate places. Similarly, those districts which have been formed out of the old districts where area restriction in case of Scheduled Caste(s) or Scheduled Tribe(s) is in force the same will apply to the newly carved out districts also which do not find mention in these lists. It is expected that this new consolidated list for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes will be of immense help during the Census of India 2001 and also to other data users within and outside government. The work of compiling the lists of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes was undertaken at the Social Studies Division of the ORGl. I am thankful to Dr. M.KJain, Deputy Registrar General, Social Studies Division and his other colleagues namely, Dr. I.e.Agrawal, Senior Research Officer, Dr. S.S.Saba and Shri V.M.Tamhane, Assistant Directors for updating the lists and Shri Subhash Chand Meena, Smt. Sushma Yadav and Smt. Kanchan Batra, Computors for preparing the manuscript of this volume. J .K.BANTHIA Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India New Delhi: December, 1999 ii CONTENTS Pages Details of Acts!Presidential Orders currently in force in different 1-4 StateslUnion Territories relating to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes STATES Andhra Pradesh 5-7 Arunachal Pradesh 8 Assam 9-11 Bihar ) 2-13 Goa 14 Gujarat 15-16 Haryana 17-18 Himachal Pradesh 19-20 Jammu & Kashmir 21 Kamataka 22-26 Kerala 27-30 Madhya Pradesh 31-34 Maharashtra 35-38 Manipur 39-40 Meghalaya 41-43 Miz:oram 44-45 NagaJand 46 Orissa 47-51 Punjab 52-53 Rajasthan 54-56 Sikkim 57 Tamil Nadu 58-61 Tripura 62-63 Uttar Pradesh 64-66 West Bengal 67-69 UNION TERRITORIES Andaman & Nicobar Islands 70 Chandigarh 71-72 Dadra and Nagar Haveli 73 Daman & Diu 74 Delhi 75-76 Lakshadweep 77 Pondicherry 78 iii Details of ActsfPresidential Orders currently in force in different States/Union Territories relating to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes STATES Andhra Pradesh For Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Orders (Amendment) Act, 1976 AIunachalPradesh For Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Lists (Modification) Order, 1956 and as inserted by Act 69 of 1986 Assam For Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Orders (Amendment) Act. ] 976 Bihar For Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Orders (Amendmcnt) Act, 1976 Goa For Schedulcd Castes The Constitution (Goa, Daman & Diu) Scheduled Castes Order. 1968 For Scheduled Tribes The Constitution (Goa, Daman & Diu) Scheduled Tribes Order, 1968 and as inserted by Act 18 of 1987 Gujarat For Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Orders (Amendment) Act, ) 976 Haryana For Scheduled Castes The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Orders (Amendment) Act, 1976 Himachal Pradesh For Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Orders (Amendment) Act, 1976 Jammu & Kashmir For Scheduled Castes The Constitution ( Jammu & Kashmir) Scheduled Castes Order, 1956 For Scheduled Tribes The Constitution ( Jammu & Kashmir) Scheduled Tribes Order, 1989 The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment) Act, 1991 Kamataka For Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Orders (Amendment) Act, 1976 and as inserted by Act 39 of 1991 Kerala For Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Orders (Amendment) Act, 1976 Madhya Pradesh For Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Orders (Amendment) Act, 1976 Maharashtra For Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Orders (Amendment) Act, 1976 Manipur For Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Orders (Amendment) Act, 1976 Meghalaya For Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Orders (Amendment) Act, 1976 and The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment) Act, 1987 Mizoram For Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Lists (Modification) Order, 1956 and as insertedby Act 81 of 1971