List of Scheduled Tribes in Uttarakhand

The Scheduled Tribes in Uttarakhand comprise 5 tribes, with a population of 2,91,903, constituting 2.9% of the state's population according to the 2011 census.

List of Scheduled Tribes Tribes in bold indicate Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (Primitive Tribe).

Bhotiyas Buksa Jaunsari Raji Tharu

Demographics Population of Scheduled Tribes as per 2011 census of India. Scheduled TribeLanguagePopulationST CodeTribe(as of 2011)%age001BhotiaBhoti39,10613.39%002BuksaBuksa54,03718.51%003JaunsariJaunsari88,66430.37%004RajiRaji6900.24%005TharuTharu91,34231.29%Generic tribes, etc. (those who identified them as Adivasi, Vanvasi, Girijan or Anushuchit Janjati)18,0646.2%Total291,903100%

Population by district DistrictScheduled TribesNameTotal populationPopulationPercent Largest Tribe (Top 3)Uttarkashi3,30,0863,5211.06%Bhotia (2,061); Jaunsari (1,089); Buksa (75)Chamoli3,91,60512,2603.14%Bhotia (10,219); Jaunsari (57); Tharu (23)Rudraprayag2,42,2853860.16%Bhotia (134); Jaunsari (7), Buksa (6)Tehri Garhwal6,18,9318750.14%Jaunsari (313); Bhotia (107); Tharu (74)Dehradun16,96,6941,11,6636.58%Jaunsari (86,516); Buksa (17,684); Bhotia (2,123)Garhwal6,87,2712,2150.32%Buksa (1,416); Bhotia (241); Jaunsari (97)Pithoragarh4,83,43919,5354.04%Bhotia (18,115); Raji (382), Tharu (93)Bageshwar2,59,8981,9820.76%Bhotia (1,553); Tharu (44), Jaunsari (9)Almora6,22,5061,2810.21%Bhotia (939), Tharu (25); Jaunsari (19)Champawat2,59,6481,3390.52%Tharu (720); Bhotia (295); Raji (127)Nainital9,52,6057,4950.79%Buksa (3,694); Bhotia (2,271); Tharu (575)Udham Singh Nagar16,42,9081,23,0377.49%Tharu (89,399); Buksa (27,609); Bhotia (853)Haridwar18,90,4226,3230.33%Buksa (3,600); Jaunsari (268); Tharu (123)Total10,086,292291,9032.89%

See also List of Scheduled Tribes List of Scheduled Castes in Uttarakhand

References

External links Department of Social Welfare, Government of Uttarakhand