OREANDA-NEWS. The State/Union Territory wise population of Scheduled Castes (SCs) in the country, is:

S.No.

Name of State

SC Population

1.

Andhra Pradesh

84,45,398

2.

Assam

2,231,321

3.

Bihar

16,567,325

4.

Chhatisgarh

3,274,269

5.

Goa

25,449

6.

Gujrat

4,074,447

7.

Haryana

5,113,615

8.

Himachal Pradesh

1,729,252

9.

Jammu & Kashmir

924,991

10.

Jharkhand

3,985,644

11.

Karnataka

10,474,992

12.

Kerala

3,039,573

13.

Madhya Pradesh

11,342,320

14.

Maharashtra

13,275,898

15.

Manipur

97,042

16.

Meghalaya

17,355

17.

Mizoram

1,218

18.

Odisha

7,188,463

19.

Punjab

8,860,179

20.

Rajasthan

12,221,593

21.

Sikkim

28,275

22.

Tamilnadu

14,438,445

23.

*Telangana

54,32,680

24.

Tripura

654,918

25.

Uttar Pradesh

41,357,608

26.

Uttrakhand

1,892,516

27.

West Bengal

21,463,270

28.

Chandigarh

199,086

29.

Dadra & Nagar Haveli

6,186

30.

Daman & Diu

6,124

31.

Delhi

2,812,309

32.

Puducherry

196,325

 

Total

201,378,086

* The State of Telangana has come into existence w.e.f. 02.06.2014.

Note- No Castes are specified as   Scheduled Castes in Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Lakshadeep and Andaman & Nicobar.

As per information provided by the Office of Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India, enumeration of Castes including Other Backward Classes (OBCs) other than SCs and STs has not been done in any of the decadal Censuses since the 1951 Census.

Indicators for Social, Economic and Educational status of SCs, OBCs vis-a vis others (in percentage)

Sl.No.

Indicators

Rural

Urban

 

 

SC

OBC

Others

SC

OBC

Others

1.

* Population below poverty line

36.8

26.7

16.1

39.9

31.4

16.0

2.

\$ Infant mortality rate

71.0

61.1

55.7

50.7

42.2

36.1

3.

# Literacy rate

62.3

67.9

76.7

76.4

82.2

90.0

4.

@ Monthly Per-capita consumer Expenditure

929.0

1036.0

1281.0

1444.0

1679.0

2467.0










Source

* Planning Commission

\$ National  Family Health Survey , 2005-06

# NSS Report No. 543

@ NSS Report No. 544

State-wise details of budgetary allocations for the welfare of socially disadvantaged groups i.e. SCs, STs, OBCs and Minorities during the last three years and current year is:

S.No.

 State

2011-12

2012-13

2013-14

2014-15

Budget Estimate

Budget Estimate

Budget Estimate

Proposed Outlay

1

2

3

5

7

9

1

Andhra Pradesh

318244

518935

780578

363949

2

Assam

11965

13029

13130

17240

3

Bihar

88055

90025

162613

223198

4

Chhattisgarh

22843

24800

27774

20577

5

Goa

5400

17732

31269

22335

6

Gujarat

144271

186262

207400

295520

7

Haryana

10000

11000

16000

19350

8

Himachal Pradesh

4472

5058

14193

14553

9

Jammu & Kashmir

2013

1102

1044

Not reported

10

Jharkhand

48556

45187

47083

62161

11

Karnataka

129286

165720

141300

494903

12

Kerala

73968

80802

121505

165520

13

Madhya Pradesh

65183

200078

299695

440209

14

Maharashtra

324133

375914

80425

78289

15

Manipur

5052

5517

15210

25110

16

Meghalaya

20

25

25

25

17

Orissa

47100

46100

43543

109523

18

Punjab

27505

28787

25527

Not reported

19

Rajasthan

24171

84840

58981

85738

20

Sikkim

325

151

446

4188

21

Tamil Nadu

70854

83079

131624

320838

22

Tripura

6555

7666

9616

15549

23

Uttar Pradesh

105539

106208

204074

581963

24

Uttrakhand

10917

19397

25162

45786

25

West Bengal

28932

32525

44650

68068

26

A & N Islands

300

459

496

Not reported

27

Chandigarh

87

132

118

134

28

Dadra & Nagar Haveli

80

80

100

200

29

Daman & Diu

58

118

121

636

30

Delhi

15000

32400

33000

34000

31

Puducherry

8413

6475

6230

7746

 

TOTAL

1599297

2189603

2542932

3517308

 This information was given by the Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment, Shri Vijay Sampla in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha here today.