TABLE 2--RANKING OF STATES AND U.TS. BY SCHEDULED CASTE POPULATION SIZE--1981
Scheduled Caste
Population Percentage to
Scheduled Indian sceeduled caste
Rank state/U.T Caste Popula- population
tion
1 2 3 4
STATES
1. Uttar Pradesh 23,453,339 22.39
2. West Bengal 12,000,768 11.46
3. Bihar 10,142,368 9.68
4. Tamil Nadu 8,881,295 8.48
5. Andhra Pradesh 7,961,730 7.60
6. Madhya Pradesh 7,358,533 7.02
7. Rajasthan 5,838,879 5.57
8. Karnataka 5,595,353 5.34
9. Punjab 4,511,703 4.31
10. Maharashtra 4,479,763 4.28
11. Orissa 3,865,543 3.69
12. Kerala 2,549,382 2.43
13. Haryana 2,464,012 2.35
14. Gujarat 2,438,297 2.33
15. Himachal Pradesh 1,053,958 1.01
16. Jammu & Kashmir 497,363 0.47
17. Tripura 310,384 0.30
18. Sikkim 18,281 0.02
19. Manipur 17,753 0.02
20 Meghalaya 5,492 0.01
21. Nagaland - -
UNION TERRITORIES
1. Delhi 1,121,643 1.07
2. Pondicherry 96,636 0.09
3. Chandigarh 63,621 0.06
4. Goa, Daman & Diu 23,432 0.02
5. Arunachal Pradesh 2,919 0.00
6. Dadar & Nagar Haveli 2,041 0.00
7. Mizoram 135 0.00
8. Andaman & Nicobar Island - -
9. Lakshadweep - -
INDIA 104,754,623 100.00*
*Excludes Assam where 1981.census could not be held. According to 1971 Census, percentage of Assam S.C am S.C. population to Total S.C. population was 1.14
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