Question

The correct sequence of districts according to percentage of Schedule Tribe population (2011) in descending order is:

1. Dungarpur, Banswara, Udaipur, Praphgarh
2. Banswara, Dungarpur, Pratapgarh, Udaipur
3. Banswara, Partapgarh, Udaipur, Dungarpur
4. Dungarpur, Udaipur, Pratapgarh, Banswara

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : Banswara, Dungarpur, Pratapgarh, Udaipur

The correct answer is Banswara, Dungarpur, Pratapgarh, Udaipur.

• District-wise distribution of the tribal population shows that they have their highest concentration in
  • Banswara district (72.3 per cent), followed by 65.1 per cent and 47.9 per cent in Dungarpur and Udaipur districts respectively.
  • Nagaur (0.2 per cent) preceded by Bikaner (0.4 per cent) has the lowest share of the tribal population in the total population.

• Out of twelve (12) tribes scheduled for the State, Mina is the most populous tribe, having a population of 3,799,971 constituting 53.5 per cent of the total ST population followed by Bhil (2,805,948).
• Mina and Bhil together constitute 93 per cent whereas Garasia, Damor, Dhanka & Saharia combine to form 6.6 per cent of the total ST population.
• Six tribes, Bhil Mina, Naikda, Kathodi, Patelia, Kokna and Koli Dhor along with the generic tribes constitute the residual 0.3 per cent of the total tribal population.
• Among the twelve STs, Koli Dhor is the smallest tribe with a population below 100 preceded by Kokna (405), Patelia(1,045), Kathodi (2,922) etc.

• As per the 2001 census, the Scheduled Tribe (ST) population of Rajasthan State is 7,097,706 constituting 8.4 per cent of the total ST population of India.
• The Scheduled Tribes of the State constitute 12.6 percent of the total population (56,507,188) of the State.
• It holds 12th position among all States and UTs in respect of the percentage share of ST population to the total population.
• The ST population has registered a growth rate of 29.6 per cent during 1991-2001 which is 1.2 per cent higher than the growth of the total population.