Below a list of Scheduled Caste communities and their population according to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Order (Amendment Act) 1976 and as amended by the Constitution (Scheduled castes) Orders (Second Amendment) Act, 2002 (Act 61 of 2002) vide Part VIII- Kerala- Schedule I notified in the Gazette of India, dated 18 December 2002) and (As amended by the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Orders (Amendment) Act 2002 (Act 10 of 2003) vide Part VII- Kerala- Second Schedule notified in the Gazette of India dated 8 January 2003 in Kerala.
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Demographics The population of Scheduled castes in Kerala (as of 2011 census) Scheduled CastesPopulation (2011)SC CodeCommunity Total PopulationPercent of total001Adi Andhra1,2520.04002Adi Dravida4,2720.14003Adi Karnataka1,6290.05004Ajila54<0.01005Arunthathiyar2,7310.09006Ayyanavar11,1680.38007Baira1,0400.03008Bakuda6,3210.21009Bathada20<0.01010Bharathar (other than Parathar), Paravan35,1201.15011Chakkiliyan37,7761.24012Chamar, Muchi207<0.01013Chandala48<0.01014Cheruman3,17,21810.44015Dombar7560.02016Gosangi32<0.01017Hasla00.00018Holeya1,0600.03019Kadaiyan1,8440.06020Kakkan, Kalakkan6,1330.20021Kalladi38,6161.27022Kanakkan, Padanna, Padannan2,45,5938.08023Kavara (other than Tamil-speaking Balija, etc.)16,1620.53024Koosa24<0.01025Kootan, Koodan5,0080.16026Kudumban2,7070.09027Kuruvan, Sidhanar, Kuruvar, Kuruva, Sidhana2,77,3779.12028Maila239<0.01029Malayan9,5810.31030Mannan, Pathiyan, Perrumannan, Vellan, Vanan2,32,6907.65031Moger (other than Mogeriya)24,6420.81032Mundala242<0.01033Nalakeyava274<0.01034Nalkadaya1,8470.06035Nayadi2,8280.09036Pallar46,9341.54037Palluvan5,8650.19038Pambada22<0.01039Panan51,4851.69040Paraiyan, Parayan, Sambavar, Sambavan, Sambava, Paraya2,27,4337.48041Pulayan, Cheramar, Pulaya, Wayanad Pulaya, Cheraman10,20,79033.58042Puthirai Vannan4400.01043Raneyar10<0.01044Samagara131<0.01045Samban4,9860.16046Semman, Chemman2,3350.08047Thandan (excluding Ezhava and Thiyyas, who are known as Carpenters)1,31,5334.33048Thoti4230.01049Vallon5680.02050Valluvan18,4210.61051Vetan22,2680.73052Vettuvan, Palaya Vettuvan73,9092.43053Nerian3<0.01Generic castes, etc (those who identified themselves as "Dalit", "Harijan", or "Anusuchit Jati")1,45,5064.7930,39,573100% *NA is used for communities not counted in 2011 census, but were included in Scheduled castes list in 2001
District wise DistrictScheduled CastesNamePopulation (2011)PopulationPercentTop 3 largest castesKasaragod1,307,37553,2834.08Moger (23,790); Pulaya (9,256); Bakuda (3,934)Kannur2,523,00383,3503.30Pulaya (44,385); Mannan (12,726); Malayan (5,888)Wayanad817,42032,5783.98Pulaya (7,255); Cheruman (5,250); Mannan (4,285)Kozhikode3,086,293199,1916.45Pulaya (60,573); Cheruman (49,871); Mannan (20,904)Malappuram4,112,920308,2667.50Kanakkan (101,843); Cheruman (93,894); Mannan (36,543)Palakkad2,809,934403,83314.37Cheruman (164,812); Kanakkan (93,185); Mannan (32,823)Thrissur3,121,200324,35010.39Pulaya (143,422); Vettuvan (62,474); Kanakkan (38,073)Ernakulam3,282,388268,4118.18Pulaya (197,679); Paraiya (18,295); Mannan (14,957)Idukki1,108,974145,48613.12Paraiya (47,037); Pallan (39,452); Pulaya (29,699)Kottayam1,974,551153,9097.79Pulaya (82,556); Paraiya (24,659); Mannan (18,858)Alappuzha2,127,789201,2119.46Pulaya (111,712); Thandan (31,868); Mannan (21,922)Pathanamthitta1,197,412164,46513.73Pulaya (60,451); Kuruvan (58,718); Paraiya (16,832)Kollam2,635,375328,26312.46Kuruvan (112,129); Pulaya (93,792); Thandan (53,121)Thiruvananthapuram3,301,427372,97711.30Pulaya (149,102); Kuruvan (81,575); Thandan (39,053)33,406,0613,039,5739.10
See also Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes Development Department (Kerala) Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment References