List of Scheduled Tribes in Gujarat

The population of Gujarat in the 2011 Census of India was 60,439,692. Of this, 8,917,174 people belong to one of the Scheduled Tribes (STs), constituting 14.75 percent of the total population. The state registered 21.4 percent growth in the Scheduled Tribe population between 1991 and 2001.^[1]

Tribes

There are thirty-one (31) notified Scheduled Tribes in the state, which are as follows:^{[2][3][4][clarification needed]}

1. Barda
2. Bavacha, Bamcha
3. Bhil, Bhil Garasia, Dholi Bhil, Dungri Bhil, Dungri Garasia, Mewasi Bhil, Rawal Bhil, Tadvi Bhil, Bhagalia, Bhilala, Pawra, Vasava, Vasave)
4. Charan (in the Nesses of the forests of Alech, Barada and Gir)
5. Chaudhri (in Surat and Valsad districts)
6. Chodhara
7. Dhanka, Tadvi, Tetaria, Valvi
8. Dhodia, Dhodi
9. Dubla, Talavia, Halpati
10. Gamit, Gamta, Gavit, Mavchi, Padvi
11. Gond, Rajgond
12. Kathodi, Katkari, Dhor Kathodi, Dhor Katkari, Son Kathodi, Son Katkari
13. Kokna, Kokni, Kukna
14. Omitted
15. Koli Dhor, Tokre Koli, Kolcha, Kongha
16. Kunbi (in the Dang District)
17. Naikda, Nayaka, Cholivala Nayaka, Kapadia Nayaka, Mota Nayaka, Nana Nayaka
18. Padhar
19. Omitted
20. Pardhi, Advichincher, Phanse Pardhi (excluding Amreli, Bhavanagar, Jamnagar, Junagadh, Kutch, Rajkot and Surendranagar districts)
21. Patelia
22. Pomla
23. Rathawa
24. Siddi, SiddiBadshan (in Amreli, Bhavnagar, Jamnagar, Junagadh, Rajkot and Surendranagar districts)
25. Omitted
26. Varli
27. Vitola, Kotwalia, Barodia
28. Bhil, Bhilala, Barela, Patelia
29. Tadvi Bhil, Bawra, Vasave
30. Padvi.

Population

Name	Total population	Proportion to the total ST population
Bhil, Bhil Taviyad, Bhil Garasia, Dholi Bhil, Dungri Bhil, Dungri Garasia, Malivad bhil, Mewasi Bhil, Rawal Bhil, Tadvi Bhil, Bhagalia, Bhilala, Pawra, Vasava, Vasave	4,215,603	47.28%
Chaudhari (in Surat and Valsad districts)	302,958	3.40%
Dhanka, Tadvi, Tetaria, Valvi	280,949	3.15%
Dhodia, Dhodi	635,695	7.13%
Rathod, Talavia, Halpati	643,120	7.21%
Gamit, Gamta, Gavit, Mavchi, Padvi	378,445	4.24%
Kokni, Kokna, Kukna Tribe, Kunbi	461,587	5.17%
Naikda, Nayka, Nayaka, Patel Nayka, Cholivala Nayaka, Kapadia Nayaka, Mota Nayaka, Nana Nayaka	459,908	5.16%
Rathwa	643,381	8.50%
Varli	328,194	3.68%
Other Tribes	668,367	7.50%
Barodia	25,562	5.47%
Pargi	985,995	9.95%
Total	9,87,7607	100.00%

Scheduled areas

Gujarat's scheduled areas:^[5]

• 1. Uchchhal, Vyara, Nizar, Songadh, Valod, talukas in the Tapi district
• 2. Dediapada, Sagbara, Valia, Nandod, and Jhagadia talukas in the Bharuch district
• 3. Dangs district and taluka
• 4. Vansda, Dharampur, Chikhali, Pardi, Kaprada and Umbergaon talukas in the Valsad district
• 5. Jhalod, Dohad, Santrampur, Limkheda and Deogarh Baria, Morva (Hadaf), Pratapgad (Khedapa), talukas in the Panchmahal district
• 6. Chhotaudepur, kavant, jetpur-Pavi, sankheda, Bodeli, Naswadi talukas and Tilakwada in the Vadodara district [Chhotaudepur district]
• 7. Gir, Barda & Alech Nesses Area in the Saurashtra region
• 8. Khedbrahma, Bhiloda, and Meghraj talukas and Vijayanagar mahal in the Sabarkantha district
• 9. Mahuwa, Mandvi, Mangrol, Umarpada and Bardoli taluka in the Surat District

The Scheduled Areas in the States of Bihar and Gujarat were originally specified by the Scheduled Areas (Part A States), Order, 1950 (Constitution Order, 9), dated 23.1.1950m, and have been re-specified as above by the Scheduled Areas (States of Bihar, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, and Orissa), Order, 1977 (Constitution Order, 109), dated 31.12.1977.^[5]

References

1. "Gujarat - DATA HIGHLIGHTS : THE SCHEDULED TRIBES Census of India 2001" (PDF). Office of the Registrar General, India. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 27, 2020.
2. "File 1051" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-25. Retrieved 2011-12-12.
3. "AE 10 2011 143" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-03-28. Retrieved 2014-12-02.
4. "Egazette" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-12-02.
5. "Scheduled Areas in Gujarat". Retrieved 2017-03-24.