List of Scheduled Tribes in Uttar Pradesh
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The Scheduled Tribes in Uttar Pradesh comprise 15 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
| Scheduled Tribes | Total Population | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Code | Tribes | Pop (2011) | %age of Pop |
| 001 | Bhotiya | 5,196 | 0.46 |
| 002 | Buksa | 4,710 | 0.41 |
| 003 | Jaunsari | 3,720 | 0.33 |
| 004 | Raji | 1,295 | 0.11 |
| 005 | Tharu | 1,05,291 | 9.28 |
Added later in the year 2003 (as per the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Order, 2003) | |||
| 006 | Gond, Dhuria, Rajgond, Pathari, Nayaka (in the districts of Mehrajganj, Sidharth Nagar, Basti, Gorakhpur, Deoria, Mau, Azamgarh, Jonpur, Balia, Gazipur, Varanasi, Mirzapur and Sonbhadra) | 5,69,035 | 50.16 |
| 007 | Kharwar, Khairwar (in the districts of Deoria, Balia, Ghazipur, Varanasi and Sonbhadra) | 1,60,676 | 14.16 |
| 008 | Sahariya (in the district of Lalitpur) | 70,634 | 6.23 |
| 009 | Parahiya (in the district of Sonbhadra) | 901 | 0.08 |
| 010 | Baiga (in the district of Sonbhadra) | 30,006 | 2.64 |
| 011 | Pankha, Panika (in the districts of Sonbhadra and Mirzapur) | 24,862 | 2.19 |
| 012 | Agariya (in the district of Sonbhadra) | 17,376 | 1.53 |
| 013 | Patari (in the district of Sonbhadra) | 132 | >0.01 |
| 014 | Chero (in the districts of Sonbhadra and Varanasi) | 42,227 | 3.72 |
| 015 | Bhuiya (in the district of Sonbhadra) | 15,599 | 1.37 |
| Generic tribes (for those who have identified them as Adivasi, Vanvasi, Giri-Jan) | 82,613 | 7.28 | |
| 1,134,273 | 100% | ||
Distribution
| District | Scheduled Tribes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Total Population | Population | Percent | Top 3 largest (by population) |
| Agra | 4,418,797 | 7,255 | 0.164 | Bhotia (958); Jaunsari (206); Tharu (40) |
| Aligarh | 3,673,889 | 629 | 0.017 | Bhotia (13); Buksa (12); Tharu (5) |
| Ambedkar Nagar | 2,397,888 | 746 | 0.031 | Gond (605); Tharu (23); Raji (4) |
| Amroha | 1,840,221 | 164 | 0.008 | Tharu (12); Raji (8); Jaunsari (7) |
| Auraiya | 1,379,545 | 150 | 0.011 | Tharu (7); Buksa (7) |
| Ayodhya | 2,470,996 | 931 | 0.038 | Tharu (83); Buksa (8); Jaunsari (4) |
| Azamgarh | 4,613,913 | 9,327 | 0.202 | Gond (8,400); Buksa (10); Tharu (7) |
| Badaun | 3,127,621 | 58 | 0.002 | Tharu (31); Bhotia (7); Jaunsari (5) |
| Baghpat | 1,303,048 | 14 | 0.001 | |
| Bahraich | 3,487,731 | 11,159 | 0.319 | Tharu (10,641); Bhotia (189); Jaunsari (3) |
| Ballia | 3,239,774 | 110,114 | 3.399 | Gond (83,564); Kharwar (18,577); Bhotia (8) |
| Balrampur | 2,148,665 | 24,887 | 1.158 | Tharu (24,030); Bhotia (25); Buksa (1) |
| Banda | 1,799,410 | 163 | 0.009 | Bhotia (79); Buksa (31); Tharu (15) |
| Barabanki | 3,260,699 | 610 | 0.018 | Tharu (171); Raji (164); Jaunsari (9) |
| Bareilly | 4,448,359 | 3,227 | 0.072 | Tharu (335); Bhotia (155); Jaunsari (33) |
| Basti | 2,464,464 | 3,620 | 0.147 | Gond (3,526); Tharu (11); Buksa (3) |
| Bhadohi | 1,715,183 | 1,873 | 0.109 | Gond (1,648); Kharwar (71); Chero (17) |
| Bijnor | 3,682,713 | 3,058 | 0.083 | Buksa (2,921); Bhotia (44); Jaunsari (41) |
| Bulandshahr | 3,499,171 | 198 | 0.005 | Buksa (81); Tharu (10); Bhotia (10) |
| Chandauli | 1,952,756 | 41,725 | 2.137 | Gond (20,098); Kharwar (18,333); Chero (2,900) |
| Chitrakoot | 991,730 | 366 | 0.037 | |
| Deoria | 3,100,946 | 109,894 | 3.544 | Gond (93,668); Kharwar (12,088); Raji (24) |
| Etah | 1,774,480 | 140 | 0.008 | Bhotia (14); Jaunsari (2) |
| Etawah | 1,581,810 | 169 | 0.010 | Tharu (36); Buksa (14); Bhotia (12) |
| Farrukhabad | 1,885,204 | 230 | 0.012 | Buksa (46); Raji (34); Bhotia (16) |
| Fatehpur | 2,632,733 | 340 | 0.013 | Tharu (103); Jaunsari (7); Bhotia (5) |
| Firozabad | 2,498,156 | 2,565 | 0.102 | Bhotia (244); Tharu (39); Jaunsari (13) |
| Gautam Buddha Nagar | 1,648,115 | 2,215 | 0.134 | Bhotia (134); Jaunsari (50); Tharu (54) |
| Ghaziabad | 4,681,645 | 3,968 | 0.085 | Tharu (143); Bhotia (117); Jaunsari (21) |
| Ghazipur | 3,620,268 | 28,712 | 0.793 | Gond (14,856); Kharwar (12,058); Raji (7) |
| Gonda | 3,433,919 | 870 | 0.025 | Tharu (168); Bhotia (5) |
| Gorakhpur | 4,440,895 | 18,172 | 0.409 | Gond (15,168); Tharu (323); Bhotia (10) |
| Hamirpur | 1,104,285 | 474 | 0.043 | Bhotia (367); Tharu (33); Buksa (22) |
| Hardoi | 4,092,845 | 349 | 0.008 | Bhotia (41); Tharu (41); Jaunsari (1) |
| Hathras | 1,564,708 | 268 | 0.017 | Bhotia (39); Jaunsari (7); Tharu (3) |
| Jalaun | 1,689,974 | 832 | 0.049 | Buksa (33); Tharu (26); Jaunsari (19) |
| Jaunpur | 4,494,204 | 4,736 | 0.105 | Gond (3,669); Buksa (31); Raji (14) |
| Jhansi | 1,998,603 | 3,873 | 0.193 | Tharu (75); Bhotia (63); Jaunsari (9) |
| Kannauj | 1,656,616 | 15 | 0.001 | |
| Kanpur Dehat | 1,796,184 | 801 | 0.044 | Tharu (599); Buksa (7); Bhotia (3) |
| Kanpur Nagar | 4,581,268 | 3,753 | 0.082 | Tharu (1,244); Buksa (327); Bhotia (138) |
| Kasganj | 1,436,719 | 150 | 0.010 | Bhotia (39); Tharu (16); Jaunsari (2) |
| Kaushambi | 1,599,596 | 193 | 0.012 | Tharu (139) |
| Kushinagar | 4,021,243 | 80,269 | 1.996 | Gond (64,234); Kharwar (15,599); Tharu (19) |
| Lakhimpur Kheri | 3,564,544 | 53,375 | 1.497 | Tharu (47,628); Jaunsari (2,673); Buksa (646) |
| Lalitpur | 1,221,592 | 71,610 | 5.862 | Saharya (70,634); Bhotia (97); Tharu (8) |
| Lucknow | 4,589,838 | 7,506 | 0.163 | Tharu (4,029); Raji (469); Bhotia (270) |
| Maharajganj | 2,684,703 | 16,435 | 0.612 | Gond (11,818); Tharu (3,721) |
| Mahoba | 875,958 | 647 | 0.074 | Bhotia (358); Buksa (17) |
| Mainpuri | 1,868,529 | 478 | 0.025 | Bhotia (5); Jaunsari (4) |
| Mathura | 2,547,184 | 1,520 | 0.059 | Bhotia (273); Jaunsari (103); Tharu (15) |
| Mau | 2,205,968 | 22,915 | 1.039 | Gond (21,924); Tharu (10) |
| Meerut | 3,443,689 | 3,390 | 0.098 | Bhotia (47); Tharu (41); Raji (17) |
| Mirzapur | 2,496,970 | 20,132 | 0.806 | Gond (18,278); Pankha (981); Tharu (29) |
| Moradabad | 4,704,720 | 685 | 0.014 | Bhotia (128); Tharu (124); Jaunsari (20) |
| Muzaffarnagar | 4,143,512 | 317 | 0.007 | Tharu (56); Buksa (10); Jaunsari (5) |
| Pilibhit | 2,031,007 | 1,714 | 0.084 | Tharu (1,010); Bhotia (298); Buksa (58) |
| Pratapgarh | 3,209,141 | 723 | 0.022 | Tharu (102) |
| Prayagraj | 5,954,391 | 7,955 | 0.133 | Tharu (1,190); Bhotia (71); Jaunsari (11) |
| Rae Bareli | 3,405,559 | 1,756 | 0.051 | Tharu (1,035); Bhotia (44); Buksa (24) |
| Rampur | 2,335,819 | 358 | 0.015 | Tharu (107); Jaunsari (17); Bhotia (17) |
| Saharanpur | 3,466,382 | 980 | 0.028 | Jaunsari (61); Tharu (18); Buksa (17) |
| Sant Kabir Nagar | 2,199,774 | 1,593 | 0.072 | Gond (1,028); Tharu (6); Buksa (5) |
| Shahjahanpur | 3,006,538 | 508 | 0.017 | Jaunsari (190); Tharu (99); Bhotia (91) |
| Shravasti | 1,117,361 | 5,534 | 0.495 | Tharu (4,768); Bhotia (36); Buksa (8) |
| Siddharthnagar | 2,559,297 | 12,021 | 0.469 | Gond (11,066); Tharu (125); Raji (68) |
| Sitapur | 4,483,992 | 1,602 | 0.035 | Raji (269); Buksa (131); Tharu (97) |
| Sonbhadra | 1,862,559 | 385,018 | 20.671 | Gond (171,099); Kharwar (82,000); Chero (39,255) |
| Sultanpur | 4,299,169 | 696 | 0.016 | Tharu (104); Bhotia (51); Buksa (14) |
| Unnao | 3,108,367 | 2,926 | 0.094 | Tharu (2,349); Buksa (6); Jaunsari (5) |
| Varanasi | 3,676,841 | 28,617 | 0.778 | Gond (24,376); Kharwar (1,950); Bhotia (69) |
| Total | 199,812,341 | 1,134,273 | 0.567 | |