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THE PEOPLE
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SCHEDULED TRIBES
There are 19 tribes which were notified in the district but 12 were reported in the 1971 census. The following table gives the population of various scheduled tribes in Ahmadnagar district in 1971:—
TABLE No. 8—POPULATION OF VARIOUS SCHEDULED TRIBES IN AHMADNAGAR DISTRICT, 1971
|
Scheduled Tribes |
Population | |
Persons |
Males |
Females | |
District Total |
1,45,783 |
73,493 |
72,290 | |
Bhil |
57,416 |
28,949 |
28,467 | |
Chodhara |
19 |
10 |
9 | |
Gamit |
57 |
29 |
28 | |
Gond |
73 |
36 |
37 | |
Kathodi |
11 |
5 |
6 | |
Kokna |
67 |
44 |
23 | |
Kolidhor |
5,900 |
2,860 |
3,040 | |
Koli Mahadev |
57,779 |
29,105 |
28,674 | |
Naikda |
22 |
9 |
13 | |
Pardhi |
1,780 |
907 |
873 | |
Thakur |
21,226 |
10,839 |
10,387 | |
Varli |
21 |
1 |
20 | |
Unspecified |
1,412 |
699 |
713 |
The total population of scheduled tribes was 1,45,783 or 6.42 per cent of the total population. The percentage of scheduled tribes in Ahmadnagar district formed 4.93 per cent of the tribal population of Maharashtra.
The comparative position of scheduled tribe population from 1951 to 1971 in the district is as follows:—
|
All scheduled tribes |
Percentage to total population in | |
Total area |
Rural area |
Urban area |
1951 |
5.68 |
N.A. |
N.A. |
1961 |
6.18 |
6.08 |
6.29 |
1971 |
6.42 |
7.14 |
0.65 |
N.A. — Not available.
The distribution of the scheduled tribe population in urban and rural area in 1971 is given in table No. 9. |
