 TABLE 3--RANKING OF STATES AND
 U.TS. BY SCHEDULED TRIBE
 POPULATION SIZE--1981


                               
               Scheduled Tribe       Percentage to
               Population            Indian Scheduled
                                     Popula-
                                     tion
                              

1             2           3             4
                              
STATES
1. Madhya Pradesh 11,987,031        23.22
2. Orissa         5,915,067         11.46
3. Bihar          5,810,867         11.26
4. Maharashtra    5,772,038         11.18
5. Gujarat        4,848,586          9.39
6. Rajasthan      4,183,124          8.10
7. Andhra Pradesh 3,176,001          6.15
8. West Bengal    3,070,672          5.95
9. Karnataka      1,825,203          3.54
10. Meghalaya     1,076,345          2.09
11. Nagaland        650,885          1.26
12. Tripura         583,920          1.13
13. Tamil Nadu      520,226          1.01
14. Manipur         387,977          0.75
15. Kerala          261,475          0.51
16. Uttar Pradesh   232,705          0.45
17.Himachal Pradesh 197,263          0.38
18. Sikkim           73,623          0.14
19. Haryana               -             -
20. Jammu & Kashmir       -             -
21. Punjab                -             -
                                UNION TERRITORIES
1. Mizoram               461,907     0.89
2. Arunachal Pradesh     441,167     0.85
3. Dadra & Nagar Haveli  81,714      0.16
4. Lakshadweep           37,760      0.07
5. A & N Islands         22,361      0.04
6. Goa, Daman & Diu      10,721      0.02
7. Delhi                     -        -
8. Chandigarh                -        -
9. Pondicherry               -        -
                                       
INDIA                  51,628,638   100.00*

*Excludes Assam where 1981 census could not be held. According to 1971 census percentage of Assam S.T. population to Total India S.T. population was 4%

TABLE 3--RANKING OF STATES AND U.TS. BY SCHEDULED TRIBE POPULATION SIZE--1981