ANNEXURE 10A

Table A.10.1 The Population by Tribal Religion (as per 1871-1872, 1818, and 1891 Censuses)

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Sl. No.	India and Provinces	Others (1871-1872)		Aboriginal (1881)		Animistic Religions (Forest Tribes etc.) (1891)
Sl. No.	India and Provinces	Total	%	Total	%	Total	%
A	INDIA	5,102,823	100	6,426,511	100	9,280,466	100
B	PROVINCES	5,102,823	100	6,426,511	100	5,848,427	63.0
1	Bengal	1,672,058	32.8	2,055,822	32.0	2,294,506	24.7
2	Assam	16,640	0.32	488,251	7.6	969,765	10.4
3	North West Provinces	586	0.01	-		-	-
4	Ajmere	65	0.0	-	-	-	-
5	Punjab	945,919	18.53	-	-	-	-
6	Central Provinces	2,041,276	40.0	1,753,917	27.3	1,592,149	17.2
7	Berar	163,150	3	0.6	137,108	1.5
8	Mysore	57	-	-	-	-	-
9	Coorg	10	-	-	-	-	-
10	British Burma	110,514	2.16	-	-	168,449	1.8
11	Madras	4,328	0.1	-	-	472,808	5.1
12	Bombay Presidency	148,220	2.9	931,894	14.5	213,618	2.3
13	Rajputana	-	-	166,343	2.6	-	-
14	Baroada	-	-	101,522	1.6	-	-
15	Central India	-	-	891,424	13.9	-	-
16	Andamans	-	-	-	-	24	-
C	STATE	-	-	-	-	3,432,039	37.0
17	Hyderabad	-	-	-	-	29,130	0.3
18	Baroda State	-	-	-	-	29,854	0.3
19	Rajputana	-	-	-	-	411,078	4.4
20	Central India	-	-	-	-	1,916,209	20.6
21	Bombay State	-	-	-	-	97,641	1.1
22	Central Province State	-	-	-	-	489,572	5.3
23	Bengal State	-	-	-	-	458,555	4.9

Sources: (a) MoC 1871-72: 50.

(b) The Indian Empire, Census of 1881: 9-32.

Table A.10.2 The Population by Tribal Religion (as per 1901-1911 Censuses)

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Sl. No.	Provinces, States & Agency	Animistic (1901)		Primitive [Animistic (1911)]
Sl. No.	Provinces, States & Agency	Total	%	Total	%
A	INDIA	8,584,148	100	10,295,168	100
B	PROVINCES	5,899,194	69	7,348,024	71.30
1	Ajmer-Merwara	-	-	3,979	0.0
2	Andaman and Nicobar	8,198	0.1	9,711	0.1
3	Assam	1,068,334	12.4	1,109,187	10.8
4	Bengal	2,242,770	26.1	730,182	7.1
5	Bihar and Orissa	-	-	2,220,526	21.6
	Bihar	-	-	792,686	0
	Orissa	-	-	101,483	0
	Chota Nagpur	-	-	1,326,357	0
6	Bombay	-	-	170,355	1.7
	Bombay (Presidency)	69,930	0.8	161,484	0
	Sindh	-	-	8,869	0
	Aden	-	-	2	0
7	Burma*	399,390	4.7	701,473	6.8
8	Central Provinces and Berar	1,465,537	17.1	1,744,921	16.9
	Central Provinces	1,335,573	-	1,617,060	0
	Berrar	129,964	-	127,861	0
9	Coorg	3,305	0	19,227	0.2
10	Madras	641,730	7.5	6.2
C	STATE & AGENCIES	2,684,954	31.3	2,947,144	28.6
11	Assam State (Manipur)	-	-	130,093	1.3
12	Baroda State	176,250	2.1	115,411	1.1
13	Bengal State	537,698	6.3	598	0
14	Bihar and Orissa State			499,762	4.9
15	Bombay State	24,915	0.3	149,879	1.5
16	Central India Agency	992,458	11.6	483,394	4.7
17	Central Provinces State	408,973	4.8	745,434	7.2
18	Hyderabad State	65,315	0.8	285,722	2.8
19	Madras State	32,175	0.4	19,953	0.2
20	Mysore State	86,627	1.0	72,196	0.7
21	Rajputana Agency	360,543	4.2	444,702	4.3

Sources·, (a) CoI 1901a:62; (b) CoI 1911:42.

*Burma Provinces is presently part of Republic of the Union of Myanmar.

Table A.10.3 The Population by Tribal Religion (as per 1921 to 1941 Censuses)

Sl. No.	Provinces, States or Agency	Tribal Religions (1921)		Tribal Religions (1931)		Tribes (1941)
Sl. No.	Provinces, States or Agency	Total	%	Total	%	Total	%
A	INDIA	9,774,611		8,280,347		25,441,497
B	PROVINCES	6,904,167	70.6	5,779,709	69.8	16,713,256	65.69
1	Ajmer-Merwara	4,736	0.0	1,509	0.0	91,472	0.4
2	Andamans and	9,174	0.1	9,955	0.1	11,076	0.1
	Nicobars
	Andaman Islands	-	-	474	-	-	0.0
	Nicobar Islands	—	-	9,481	0.1	11,076
3	Assam	1,124,809	11.5	711,432	8.6	2,484,996	14.9
4	Baluchistan (District	-	-	66	-	3	0.0
	and Administrated Territories)
5	Bengal	845,780	8.7	528,037	6.4	1,889,389	7.4
6	Bihar and Orissa	1,881,009	19.2	2,048,809	24.7	6,776,653	26.6
	Bihar	819,159	-	888,370
	Orissa	65,046	-	74,891
	Chota Nagpur	996,804	-	1,085,548
7	Bombay (Presidency)	122,939	1.3	129,135	1.6	1,651,117	6.5
	Bombay	115,134	-	128,931		1,614,298
	Sindh	7,803	-	204		36,819
	Aden	2	-		-	-
8	Burma*	702,587	7.2	650,388	7.9	-
9	Central Province and	1,614,013	16.5	1,351,615	16.3	2,937,364	11.5
	Berar
	Central Provinces	1,453,312	-	1,302,463		2,663,959
	Berrar	160,701	-	49,152		273,405
10	Coorg	20,722	0.2			19,723	0.1
11	Madras	578,398	5.9	348,763	4.2	562,029	2.2
12	Uttar Pradesh	-	-	-	-	289,422	1.1
	Agra	-	-	-	-	289,244
	Oudh	-	-	-	-	178	0.0
13	PanthPiploda	-	-	-	-	12	0.0
C	STATE and	2,870,444	29.4	2,500,638	30.2	8,728,241	34.3
	AGENCIES
14	Assam State	131,832	1.3	280,958	3	339,137	1.3
	(Manipur)

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Sl. No.	Provinces, States or Agency	Tribal Religions (1921)		Tribal Religions (1931)		Tribes (1941)
Sl. No.	Provinces, States or Agency	Total	%	Total	%	Total	%
15	Baluchistan (Agencies Tracts)**	-	-	2	-	-	0.0
16	Baroda State	163,077	1.7	44,890	1	373,207	1.5
17	Bengal States	3,265	0.0	1,382	0	751,022	3.0
18	Bihar and Orissa States	456,934	4.7	360,600	4	-	0.0
19	Bombay States	66,942	0.7	25,903	0	-	0.0
20	Central India Agency	399,469	4.1	340,752	4	1,137,716	4.5
21	Gwalior State	161,629	1.7	-	-	245,066	1.0
22	Central Provinces States	500,033	5.1	617,599	7	-	0.0
23	Hyderabad State	430,748	4.4	544,789	7	678,149	2.7
24	Kashmir State	-	-	134	-	29,374	0.1
25	Madras State	13,005	0.1	2,907	0	8	0.0
	Cochin State Travancore State	368 12,637	-	2,907	-	5,183 132,682	0.0 0.5
26	Mysore State	62,831	0.6	23,828	0	9,405	0.0
27	Rajputana Agency	480,679	4.9	229,092	3	1,624,488	6.4
28	Sikkim States	-	-	26,940	0	63,206	0.2
29	Western India States Agency	-	-	862	0	17,211	0.1
30	Chhattisgarh	-	-	-	-	1,817,712	7.1
31	Deccan (Kolhapur)	-	-	-	-	8,678	0.0
32	Gujarat	-	-	-	-	626,892	2.5
33	Madras	-	-	-	-	0.0
34	Orissa	-	-	-	-	864,914	3.4
35	Punjab	-	-	-	-	779	0.0
36	U.P States	-	-	-	-	3,404	0.0

Sources·, (a) CoI 1921:44; (b) CoI 1931:519 and (c) CoI 1941:101.

*Burma Provinces is presently part of Republic of the Union of Myanmar. **Baluchistan (Agencies Tracts) Now in Pakistan.

Sl. no.	Provinces, States or Agency	Other Religion (Tribal)
Sl. no.	Provinces, States or Agency	Total	%
	INDIA	4,985,645	100
	STATE AND SUB-DIVISION	1,661,891	33.33
1	Bihar	871,434	17.47
	North Bihar Plain	-	0
	South Bihar Plain	4,394	0.08
	Chhota Nagpur	867,040	17.39
2	Orissa	2,576	0.05
	Orissa Inland	2,576	0.05
	Orissa Coastal	-	0
3	West Bengal	109,294	2.19
	Himalayan West Bengal	22,130	0.44
	West Bengal Plain	87,164	1.74
4	Assam	527,712	10.58
	Assam Plains	37,727	0.75
	Assam Hills	489,985	9.82
5	Manipur	124,485	2.49
6	Tripura	684	0.01
7	Madhya Pradesh	1,183	0.02
	North West Madhya	56	0
	Pradesh
	East Madhya Pradesh	1,127	0.02
	South West Madhya	-	0
	Pradesh
8	Hyderabad	24,503	0.49
	North Hyderabad	24,503	0.49
	South Hyderabad	-	0
9	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	20	0
	ZONES, REGIONS & SUB-REGIONS	3,323,754	66.66
10	East India	1,636,191	32.81
11	Central India	25,686	0.51
12	Himalayan Region	675,017	13.53
	Western Himalayan Sub	-	0
	Region
	Eastern Himalayan Sub	675,017	13.53
	Region
13	Northern Plains Region	91,558	1.83
	Lower Gangetic Plains	91,558	1.83
	Sub-Region
	Upper Gangetic Plains	-	0
	Sub-Region
	Trans Gangetic Plains	-	0
	Sub-Region
	The Desert Sub-Region	-	0
Sl. no.	Provinces, States or Agency	Other Religion (Tribal)
Sl. no.	Provinces, States or Agency	Total	%
14	Peninsula Hills and Plateau Region	895,302	17.95
	North West Hills Sub-	-	0
	Region North Central Hills and	56	0
	Plateau Sub Region North East Plateau Sub-	870,743	17.46
	Region North Deccan Sub-		0
	Region South Deccan Sub-	24,503	0.49
	Region

Source: CoI 1951:16-17.

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Sl. No.	Name of Tribal Religion	India/State
1	Sarna	India	428,687
		Bihar	427,080
		Orissa	1,498
		Madhya Pradesh	109
2	Ho	India	191,239
		Bihar	191,239
3	Garo	India	175,236
		Assam	175,236
4	Khasi	India	174,052
		Assam	174,052
5	Santal	India	91,063
		Bihar	91,024
		West Bengal	38
		Andaman and Nicobar Islands	1
6	Naga	India	51,626
		Assam	567
		Nagaland	51,059
7	Saridhram	India	35,928
		West Bengal	35,928
8	Konyak	India	33,820
		Nagaland	33,820
9	Sansari	India	28,664
		Assam	189
		Bihar	28,346
10	Mikir	India	20,891
		Assam	20,891
11	Animist	India	14,818
		Assam	14,818
12	Bonga	India	5,351
		Bihar	5,351
13	Paharia	India	3,868
		Bihar	3,862
		West Bengal	6
14	Nicobarese	India	3,201
		Andman & Nicobar Islands	3,201
15	Chang Naga	India	3,005
		Nagaland	3,005
16	Wanchoo	India	2,568
		North East Frontier Agency	11
		Nagaland	2,557
17	Adivasi	India	2,281
		Bihar	1,784
		Maharashtra	497
18	Munda	India	1,593
		Bihar	1,584
		Andaman and Nicobar Islands	9

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Sl. No.	Name of Tribal Religion	India/State	Total
19	Lumbasabo	India	1,452
		Nagaland	1,452
20	Yimchunger	India	1,255
		Nagaland	1,255
21	Boro	India	1,215
		Assam	1,215
22	Rabha	India	1,110
		Assam	1,110
23	Miri	India	1,053
		Assam	953
		North East Frontier Agency	100
24	Hajong	India	1,052
		Assam	1,052
25	Kharwar	India	987
		Bihar	987
26	Marangburu	India	768
		Bihar	67
		West Bengal	701
27	Manipuri	486
		Assam	486
28	Minyong	India	414
		North East Frontier Agency	414
29	Gallong	India	291
		North East Frontier Agency	291
30	Birsa	India	290
		Bihar	290
31	Ahom	India	285
		Assam	285
		Bihar	275
32	Mahili	India	213
		Bihar	213
33	Bhumij	India	202
		Bihar	202
34	Kharwal	India	167
		Bihar	167
35	Sing Bonga	India	158
		Bihar	158
36	Dafla	India	155
		North East Frontier Agency	155
37	Kharwa	India	150
		Bihar	150
38	Adidharma	India	144
		Bihar	144
39	Apatani	India	136
		North East Frontier Agency	136

Onges	India Andaman and Nicobar Islands	129 129
Padam	India	117
	North East Frontier Agency	117
Bhundari	India	116
	Bihar	116
Mizo	India	112
	Assam	112
Tagin	India	112
	North East Frontier Agency	112
Krupa	India	104
	Bihar	104

Name of Tribal Religion

India/State

Total

1961:497-507.

Table A.10.6 The Population by Tribal Religion (Census 1971)

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Sl. no.	Name of Tribal Religion	India/State	Total
1	Abutani	India	1,930
		Arunachal Pradesh	1,930
2	Adi	India	52,465
		Meghalaya	5
		Arunachal Pradesh	52,460
3	Adi Dharma	India	1,309
		Bihar	1,309
4	AdiGallong/Adi-Galo/Gallong/Galo	India	4,959
		Arunachal Pradesh	4,959
5	Adi- Min Yong/Min Yong	India	2,151
		Arunachal Pradesh	2,151
6	AdiPadam/Padam	India	1,074
		Arunachal Pradesh	1,074
7	Adivasi	India	2,116
		Bihar	2,116
8	Aka	India	1,841
		Arunachal Pradesh	1,841
9	Amang	India	1,046
		Manipur	1,046
10	Animist	India	413
		Meghalaya	184
		Andaman and Nicobar Island	229
11	Apatani	India	12,753
		Arunachal Pradesh	12,753
12	Ashing	India	425
		Arunachal Pradesh	425
13	Baite	India	152
	Manipur	152
14	Bangro	India	1,050
		Arunachal Pradesh	1,050
15	Birsa	India	280
		Bihar	280
16	Bogum	India	455
		Arunachal Pradesh	455
17	Bokar	India	1,907
		Arunachal Pradesh	1,907
18	Bonga	India	4,391
		Bihar	4,391
19	Charawang	India	311
		Manipur	311
20	Chimprai	India	481
		Manipur	481
21	Chingtharai	India	347
		Manipur	347
Sl. no.	Name of Tribal Religion	India/State	Total
22	Chuna	India	105
		Manipur	105
23	Danpu	India	498
		Manipur	498
24	Digaru Mishmi/Taron Mishmi	India	3,431
		Arunachal Pradesh	3,431
25	Doibom	India	2,257
		Manipur	2,257
26	DoniPholos/Donipolo	India	36,954
		Meghalaya	5
		Arunachal Pradesh	36,949
27	Haokip	India	314
		Manipur	314
28	Hill-Miri	India	4,708
		Arunachal Pradesh	4,708
29	Ho	India	923
		Bihar	923
30	Idu-Mishmi/Idu	India	7,813
		Arunachal Pradesh	7,813
31	Jairea	India	185
		Bihar	185
32	Indoi	India	1,362
		Manipur	1,362
33	Kabui	India	5,020
		Manipur	5,020
34	KachingKarai	India	1,784
		Manipur	1,784
35	Kaman Mishmi/Miju Mishmi/Kaman	India	4,315
	Miju	Arunachal Pradesh	4,315
36	Kasarai	India	385
		Manipur	385
37	Kharwal	India	146
		Bihar	146
38	Kharwar	India	7,418
		Bihar	7,418
39	Khasi	India	138,739
		Meghalaya	138,739
40	Kirako	India	293
		Manipur	293
41	Lagang	India	198
		Manipur	198
42	Lasang	India	111
		Manipur	111
43	Loibom	India	118
		Manipur	118
Sl. no.	Name of Tribal Religion	India/State	Total
44	Longmi/Ching	India	149
	Manipur	149
45	Mao Naga	India	147
		Manipur	147
46	Maramha	India	643
		Manipur	643
47	Marangboro	India	4,495
		West Bengal	4,495
48	Maring	India	2,457
		Manipur	2,457
49	Meitei	India	33,075
		Manipur	33,075
50	Mikir	India	3,285
		Meghalaya	3,285
51	Miji	India	3,450
		Arunachal Pradesh	3,450
52	Mishing/Miri	India	222
		Arunachal Pradesh	222
53	Mishmi	India	1,554
		Arunachal Pradesh	1,554
54	Munda	India	107
		Bihar	107
55	Naga	India	12,804
		Manipur	12,804
56	Nishang/Nissi/Bangni/Dafla	India	78,321
		Arunachal Pradesh	78,321
57	Nocte	India	15,980
		Arunachal Pradesh	15,980
58	Oraon	India	412
		Bihar	412
59	Paharia	India	3,384
		Bihar	3,384
60	Paomei	India	1,391
61	Paramha	Manipur	1,391
		India	1,094
62	Pasi	Manipur	1,094
		India	154
63	Nar (Pnar)	Arunachal Pradesh	154
		India	32,217
64	Pret Puja	Meghalaya	32,217
		India	388
		Bihar	388
65	Pusha	India	946
		Manipur	946
66	Rampou	India	1,361
		Manipur	1,361

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Sl. no.	Name of Tribal Religion	India/State	Total
67	Rangang	India	334
		Manipur	334
68	Sansari	India	4,241
		Bihar	4,241
69	Santal	India	82,473
		Bihar	79,970
		West Bengal	2503
70	Saridharam	India	161,942
		West Bengal	161,942
71	Sarna	India	951,558
		Bihar	859,701
		Orissa	91,857
72	Sharabui	India	205
		Manipur	205
73	Sing Bonga	India	1,439
		Bihar	1,439
74	Singpho	India	163
		Arunachal Pradesh	163
75	Sohrai	India	106
		Bihar
76	Songsarek	India	143,206
		Meghalaya	143,206
77	Sulpi	India	115
		Manipur	115
78	Sulung	India	4,176
		Arunachal Pradesh	4,176
79	Sumtong	India	224
		Manipur	224
80	Swarna	India	24,034
		West Bengal	24,034
81	Tagin	India	13,547
		Arunachal Pradesh	13,547
82	Tana Bhagat	India	898
		Bihar	898
83	Tangsa	India	8,671
		Arunachal Pradesh	8,671
84	Tangsa/Longchang	India	118
		Arunachal Pradesh	118
85	Tangsa Longri	India	153
		Arunachal Pradesh	153
86	Tangsa/Morang	India	175
		Arunachal Pradesh	175
87	Tangsa/Mossang	India	899
		Arunachal Pradesh	899
Sl. no.	Name of Tribal Religion	India/State	Total
88	Tangsa/Rongrang	India	325
		Arunachal Pradesh	325
89	Tangsa/Tikhak	India	439
		Arunachal Pradesh	439
90	ThambungLainingba	India	502
		Manipur	502
91	Tribal Religion	India	108,225
		Nagaland	108,152
		A and Nicobar Island	73
92	Wancho	India	28,585
		Arunachal Pradesh	28,585
93	Yumlai	India	376
		Manipur	376

Source: CoI, 1971: 97-109.

Table A.10.7 The Population by Tribal Religion (as per 1981 Census)

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Sl. No.	Name of the Religion	India/State/UT		Total
1	Abutani	India		208
		Arunachal Pradesh		208
2	Adi	India		27,130
		Bihar		3,563
		Meghalaya		22
		Arunachal Pradesh		23,545
3	Adi Dharm	India		356
		Arunachal Pradesh		356
4	AdiGallong/Adigalo/Gallong/Galo	India		5,724
		Arunachal Pradesh		5,724
5	AdiPadam/Padam	India		145
		Arunachal Pradesh		145
6	Adijor	India		390
		Bihar		390
7	Adivasi	India		25,377
		Andhra Pradesh		32
		Bihar		15,862
		Gujarat		13
		Madhya Pradesh		6,768
		Maharashtra		1,381
		Orissa		18
		Punjab		20
	Rajasthan		20
		West Bengal		1,263
8	Aka	India		1,882
		West Bengal		27
		Arunachal Pradesh		1,855
9	Amang	India		366
		Manipur		366
10	Animist	India		119
		Nagaland		6
		Andaman& Nicobar		112
		Mizoram		1
11	Apo Rangang	India		103
		Manipur		103
12	Baiga	India		1,097
		Madhya Pradesh		1,097
13	Bara Deo	India		302
		Madhya Pradesh		302
14	Bhumia	India		494
		Madhya Pradesh		494
15	Bidin	India		1,296
		Bihar		1,296
16	Birsa	India		522
		Bihar		522
Sl. No.	Name of the Religion	India/State/UT	Total
17	Boro	India	731
		Meghalaya	718
		Tamil Nadu	13
18	Bokar	India	108
		Karnataka	5
		Kerala	4
		Meghalaya	4
		Arunachal Pradesh	95
19	Bonga	India	327
		Bihar	327
20	Bori	India	219
		Arunachal Pradesh	219
21	Borung	India	548
		Arunachal Pradesh	548
22	Deori	India	2,169
		Arunachal Pradesh	2,169
23	Desauli	India	557
		Bihar	557
24	Digaru/Taraon Mishmi	India	972
		Arunachal Pradesh	972
25	Doni Polo/Sidonyi Polo	India	218,489
		Arunachal Pradesh	218,484
		Manipur	1
		Meghalaya	2
		Chandigarh	2
26	Dupub	India	2,043
		Bihar	1,874
		Orissa	169
27	Dupul Dharma	India	101
		Bihar	101
28	Gang	India	517
		Arunachal Pradesh	517
29	Garo	India	1,481
		Meghalaya	1,481
30	Gond	India	6,975
		Madhya Pradesh	1,757
		Maharashtra	4,508
		Orissa	36
		Uttar Pradesh	674
31	Gondi	India	127,926
		Madhya Pradesh	127,926
32	Hajong	India	112
		Meghalaya	112
33	Halba	India	101
		Gujarat	13
		Madhya Pradesh	88
Sl. No.	Name of the Religion	India/State/UT		Total
34	Hami Henowa	India		419
		Arunachal Pradesh		419
35	Heathen	India		1,215
		Manipur		1,215
36	Hema	India		157
		Nagaland		157
37	Heraka	India		1,450
		Nagaland		1,450
38	Ho	India		4,133
		Bihar		4,104
		Orissa		19
		West Bengal		10
39	Hori	India		623
		Mizoram		623
40	Idu/Idu Mishmi	India		5,539
		Arunachal Pradesh		5,539
41	Jaban	India		1,354
		Arunachal Pradesh		1,354
42	Jagan	India		965
		Arunachal Pradesh		965
43	Jahar	India		6,440
		Bihar		5,426
		Madhya Pradesh		10
		Orissa		1,004
44	Janbow	India		2,489
		Arunachal Pradesh		2,489
45	JarajoDeo	India		153
		Meghalaya		153
46	Jishomi	India		119
		Nagaland		119
47	Jobene	India		219
		Arunachal Pradesh		219
48	Jowangoon	India		1,066
		Arunachal Pradesh		1,066
49	Jungwansom	India		1,020
		Arunachal Pradesh		1,020
50	Kabui	India		4,728
		Manipur		4,728
51	Kachingkarai	India		227
		Manipur		227
52	Kaman/Miju Mishmi/Kaman	India Arunachal Pradesh		214
	Mishmi/Miju			214
53	Mikir	India		3,444
		Meghalaya		3,444
54	KayamKhani	India		216
		Rajasthan		216

Sl. No.	Name of the Religion	India/State/UT	Total
55	Kharwar	India	12,168
		Bihar	12,134
		Orissa	12
		West Bengal	22
56	Khasi	India	148,437
		Meghalaya	148,437
57	Kolha	India	170
		Orissa	170
58	Kom	India	305
		Manipur	305
59	Korku	India	123
		Madhya Pradesh	123
60	Lagang	India	1,406
		Manipur	1,406
61	Lasang	India	446
		Meghalaya	446
62	Lima	India	1,082
		Nagaland	1,082
63	Longchang/TangsaLongchang	India	1,646
		Arunachal Pradesh	1,646
64	Mao Naga	India	412
		Manipur	412
65	Marambanga	India	231
		Orissa	231
66	Marangboro	India	7,512
		Bihar	370
		Orissa	235
		West Bengal	6,907
67	Messinie Gudism	India	270
		Mizoram	270
68	Miji	India	2,774
		Arunachal Pradesh	2,774
69	Minyala	India	145
		Arunachal Pradesh	145
70	Mishmi	India	6643
		Arunachal Pradesh	6643
71	Moglum	India	785
		Arunachal Pradesh	785
72	Momba	India	224
		Arunachal Pradesh	224
73	Munda	India	1,160
		Bihar	674
		Madhya Pradesh	28
		West Bengal	374
		Arunachal Pradesh	1

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Sl. No.	Name of the Religion	India/State/UT	Total
74	Muria	India	108
		Madhya Pradesh	108
		India	1,296
75	Naga	Andhra Pradesh	1
		Manipur	1,252
		West Bengal	19
		Arunachal Pradesh	2
76	Nash	India	171
		Manipur	171
77	Niamtre	India	7,903
		Meghalaya	7,903
78	Nishang/Nissi/Bangni/Dafla	India	2,814
		Arunachal Pradesh	28,144
79	Nocte	India	2,824
		Arunachal Pradesh	2,824
80	Oraon	India	484
		Bihar	89
		Madhya Pradesh	246
		West Bengal	127
81	Pagan	India	796
		Manipur	243
		Meghalaya	283
		Nagaland	270
Paharia	India	1,813
		Bihar	1,746
		Himachal Pradesh	67
83	Paomei	India	3,282
		Manipur	3,282
84	Pardhi	India	246
		Maharashtra	246
85	Pfutsana	India	1,701
		Nagaland	1,701
86	Pnar	India	9,404
		Andhra Pradesh	2
		Meghalaya	9,402
87	Push	India	294
		Manipur	294
88	Puyim	India	779
		Nagaland	779
89	Rabha	India	1,255
		Meghalaya	1,255
90	Rang	India	16,043
		Arunachal Pradesh	16,043
91	Rangang	India	129
		Manipur	129
92	Rangwan	India	1,541
		Arunachal Pradesh	1,541
Sl. No.	Name of the Religion	India/State/UT	Total
93	Rimit Matai	India	187
		Arunachal Pradesh	187
		India	739
94	Rongmei	Manipur	739
95	Rongrang/TangsaRongrang	India	399
		Arunachal Pradesh	399
96	Sanamahi	India	1538
		Manipur	1538
97	Sansari	India	6,699
		Bihar	2,483
		Nagaland	3,909
		Orissa	307
98	Santal	India	32,252
		Bihar	20,814
		Haryana	2
		Maharashtra	2
		Orissa	477
		West Bengal	10,957
99	Saora	India	371
		Bihar	254
		Orissa	117
100	Sarang	India	138
		West Bengal	138
101	Sari Dharma	India	221,991
		Bihar	105
		Meghalaya	1
		West Bengal	221,885
102	Sarisar	India	149
		West Bengal	149
103	Sauriya	India	262
		Bihar	262
104	Shnong	India	40,774
		Meghalaya	40,774
105	Sohrai	India	315
		West Bengal	315
106	Songsarek	India	127,201
		Meghalaya	127,201
107	Sajangnai	India	885
		Arunachal Pradesh	885
108	Swarna*	India	1,391,178
		Bihar	1,101,436
	Madhya Pradesh	108
		Maharashtra	2
		Manipur	7
		Orissa	269,208
		West Bengal	20,412
		Andaman & Nicobar	5
Sl. No.	Name of the Religion	India/State/UT	Total
109	Tadvi	India	164
		Maharashtra	164
110	Tagin	India	1,489
		Arunachal Pradesh	1,489
111	Tana Bhagat	India	1,825
		Bihar	1,825
112	Tangsa	India	3,061
		Arunachal Pradesh	3,061
113	Tribal Religion	India	7,384
		Nagaland	7,384
114	Tutcha	India	1,134
		Arunachal Pradesh	1,134
115	Wancho	India	9,335
		Arunachal Pradesh	9,335
116	Yumasam	India	1,751
		Sikkim	1,751

Source: CoI 1981:827-1062.

*Sarna religion is clubbed under Swarna. The difference is in rendering the name in English phonetics.

Table A.10.8 The Population by Tribal Religion (as per 1991 Census)

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Sl. No.	Name of the Religion	India/State/UT	Total Person
1	Adi	India	311
		Arunachal Pradesh	311
2	Aka	India	286
		Arunachal Pradesh	283
		Maharashtra	1
		Orissa	3
3	Animist	India	1,458
		Assam	1
		Nagaland	1369
		Haryana	1
		Andaman and Nicobar	87
4	Apatani	India	126
		Arunachal Pradesh	125
		Assam	1
5	Bhil	India	1,224
		Gujarat	15
		Madhya Pradesh	459
		Maharashtra	686
		Rajasthan	59
		Delhi	5
6	Bhumij	India	137
		Bihar	20
		Orissa	28
		West Bengal	89
7	Boro	India	389
		Arunachal Pradesh	51
		Assam	331
		Meghalaya	7
8	Deori	India	437
		Assam	437
9	Doni Polo/Sidonyi Polo	India	279,450
		Arunachal Pradesh	275,385
		Assam	4,039
		Goa	2
		Meghalaya	10
		Orissa	3
		Uttar Pradesh	5
		West Bengal	2
		Pondicherry	1
10	Enoka Israel	India
		Mizoram	497

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Sl. No.	Name of the Religion	India/State/UT	Total Person
11	Garo	India	1,187
		Assam	9
		Meghalaya	1,178
12	Gond/Gondi	India	67,111
		Andhra Pradesh	427
		Bihar	3
		Madhya Pradesh	54,552
		Maharashtra	12,055
		Orissa	8
		Uttar Pradesh	66
13	Halba	India	239
		Andhra Pradesh	2
		Madhya Pradesh	192
		Maharashtra	45
14	Ho	India	1,464
		Bihar	1,261
		Orissa	186
		Uttar Pradesh	17
15	Idu/Idu Mishmi	India	2,315
		Arunachal Pradesh	2,314
		West Bengal	1
16	Jahar	India	7,003
		Bihar	163
		Orissa	6,782
		West Bengal	58
17	Jaintia	India	231
		Meghalaya	231
18	Kabui	India	5,411
		Manipur	5,411
19	Miju Mishmi/Kaman Mishmi/	India	174
	Miju/Kaman	Arunachal Pradesh	170
		West Bengal	4
20	Karbi/Mikir	India	110
		Assam	110
21	Kharwar	India	3,619
		Bihar	3,564
		Orissa	28
		West Bengal	15
		Delhi	12
22	Khasi	India	111,750
		Arunachal Pradesh	2
		Assam	2
		Karnataka	1
		Maharashtra	5
		Meghalaya	111,729
		Delhi	6
Sl. No.	Name of the Religion	India/State/UT	Total Person
23	Kolha	India	474
		Orissa	474
24	Korku	India	282
		Madhya Pradesh	40
		Maharashtra	233
		West Bengal	9
25	Longchang/TangsaLongchang	India	114
		Arunachal Pradesh	114
26	Mikir	India	164
		Bihar	1
		Meghalaya	163
27	Munda	India	891
		Arunachal Pradesh	6
		Assam	29
		Bihar	374
		Gujarat	4
		2
		Maharashtra	11
		Meghalaya	7
		Orissa	213
		Uttar Pradesh	47
		West Bengal	198
28	Niamtre	India	61,599
		Assam	54
		Meghalaya	61,545
29	Nishang/Nissi/Bangni/Dafla	India	331
		Arunachal Pradesh	330
		Orissa	1
30	Nocte	India	11,723
		Arunachal Pradesh	11,720
		Assam	3
31	Oraon	India	550
		Arunachal Pradesh	3
		Assam	38
		Madhya Pradesh	126
		Orissa	32
		Uttar Pradesh	27
		West Bengal	245
32	Pagan	India	1,711
		Manipur	882
		Meghalaya	306
		Nagaland	523
33	Paharia	India	1,102
		Bihar	1,067
		Orissa	2
		West Bengal	33
Sl. No.	Name of the Religion	India/State/UT	Total Person
34	Pardhi	India	340
		Andhra Pradesh	125
		Gujarat	8
		Madhya Pradesh	8
		Maharashtra	195
		West Bengal	4
35	Santal	India	23,645
		Assam	32
		Bihar	9,409
		Orissa	305
		Punjab	2
		West Bengal	13,896
		Delhi	1
36	Saora	India	102
		Madhya Pradesh	44
		Maharashtra	1
		West Bengal	57
37	Sari Dharma	India	380,007
		Bihar	243
		Madhya Pradesh	4
		Orissa	1
		West Bengal	379,755
		Delhi	4
38	Sarisar	India	1,939
		Orissa	315
		West Bengal	1,624
39	Sauriya	India	256
		Assam	7
		Bihar	82
		West Bengal	167
40	Sing Bonga	India	123
		Bihar	120
		Orissa	3
41	Songsarek	India	94,846
		Assam	1,471
		Meghalaya	93,375
42	Swarna*	1,820,454
		Arunachal Pradesh	1
		Bihar	1,417,427
		Madhya Pradesh	81
		Maharashtra	5
		Manipur	1
		Orissa	384,768
		Uttar Pradesh	64
		West Bengal	18,107
43	Synteng	India	1,884
		Meghalaya	1,884
Sl. No.	Name of the Religion	India/State/UT	Total Person
44	Tadvi	India	386
		Maharashtra	386
45	Tagin	India	605
		Andhra Pradesh	6
		Arunachal Pradesh	89
		Nagaland	485
		Tamil Nadu	5
		West Bengal	20
46	Tai/Tai Ahom/Tao	India	153
		Arunachal Pradesh	8
		Assam	145
47	Tana Bhagat	India	723
		Bihar	723
48	Tangsa	India	570
		Arunachal Pradesh	570
49	Tribal Religion	India	32,718
		Andhra Pradesh	9
		Arunachal Pradesh	380
		Assam	8
		Bihar	352
		Madhya Pradesh	190
		Maharashtra	1,741
		Manipur	244
		Meghalaya	24
		Nagaland	1,500
		Orissa	536
		Punjab	9
		Uttar Pradesh	109
		West Bengal	27,613
		Delhi	3
50	Wancho	India	21,020
		Arunachal Pradesh	21,020

Source: CoI 1991: 213-344.

*Sarna religion are clubbed under Swarna.

Table A.10.9 The Population by Tribal Religion (as per 2001 and 2011 Census)

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Sl. No.	Name of Tribal Religion	2001	2011
Sl. No.	Name of Tribal Religion	Persons	Persons
1	Adivasi	63,630	—
2	AdiMinyong/Minyong	188	-
3	AdiPadam/Padam	212	-
4	Animist	967	4,130
5	Apo Rangang	364	133
6	Baiga	1,043	1,884
7	Bangni/Dafla/Nishang/Nissi	339	-
8	Bara Deo	106	—
9	Baske	149	-
10	Bhil	5,196	1,323
11	Bhumij	523	-
12	Birsa	1,357	2,395
13	Bogum	130	-
14	Bonga	447	-
15	Bori	255	113
16	Buru-Banga	105	-
17	Chang Naga	3,401	462
18	Chimprai	123	-
19	Deori	126	-
Dongi	149	278
21	Doni Polo/Sidonyi Polo	302,928	331,370
22	Dupub	325	3,326
23	Fralung	6,709	2,381
24	Garo	455	121
25	Gond/Gondi	586,723	1,026,344
26	Halba	346	532
27	Haokip	308	-
28	Hema	127	-
29	Heraka	8,718	9,956
30	Hill Miri	197	111
31	Ho	638	1,418
32	Idu/Idu Mishmi	252	591
33	Jahar	1,176	-
34	Jaintia	138	-
35	Jaira	255	-
36	Kaitha	379	-
37	Kaman/Miju Mishmi/Kaman Mishmi/Miju	1,314	133
38	Kandha	365	-
39	Karbi/Mikir	1,569	204
40	Katkari	982	316
41	Khadia/Kharia	297	-
42	Kharwar	1,237	493
43	Khasi	122,694	138,512
44	Kheduala	120	-

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Sl. No.	Name of Tribal Religion	2001	2011
Sl. No.	Name of Tribal Religion	Persons	Persons
45	Kisan	455	146
46	Kolha	224	—
47	Korku	293	234
48	Koyatur	6,107	364
49	Mahali	202	-
50	Marangboro	2,120	176
51	Maring	161	-
52	Merido	550	-
53	Miji	419	-
54	Miri/Mishing	539	-
55	Mizo	512	—
56	Munda	2,556	1,086
57	Muria	132	-
58	Naga	1,160	-
59	NaniIntiya	7,036	4,528
60	Nature Religion	657	5,635
61	NiamShnong	6,121	915
62	Niamtre	78,266	84,276
63	Nocte	5,071	1,511
64	Non-Christians	2,230	1,538
65	Nyarino	386	1,365
66	Oraon	4,447	1,091
67	Pagan	2,070	2,088
68	Paharia	135	591
69	Pardhi	1,999	533
70	Pfutsana	394	-
71	Pnar	241	-
72	Rabha	220	-
73	Rang	3,375	-
74	Rangang	888	-
75	Rongmei	162	-
76	Rongrang/TangsaRongrang	296	-
77	Santal	17,775	6,485
78	Saranath	4,449	837
79	Sari Dharma	638,266	506,369
80	Sarna	4,075,246	4,957,467
81	Sarnam	4,060	1,494
82	Shabar	332	-
83	Shnong	1,399	-
Songsarek	49,832	19,834
85	Soren	361	-
86	Swarna	1,303	121
87	Tadvi	6,323	1,786
88	Tagin	170
Sl. No.	Name of Tribal Religion	2001	2011
Sl. No.	Name of Tribal Religion	Persons	Persons
89	Tana Bhagat	554	1,108
90	TangsaTikhak/Tikhak	157	-
91	Tharu	106	-
92	Tribal Religion	3,167	17,393
93	Wancho	6,754
94	Yumasam	13,504	19,093
95	Budhadeo	217	1,345
96	Dulha Deo	294	-
97	Intaya	180	1,208
98	Rangfra	6,694	10,598
99	A.C.	297	1,317
100	Ausho Commune International	162	-
101	Bahai/Bahais	11,324	4,572
102	Jews/Judaism	4,650	4,429
103	Nirankari	2,734	1,781
104	Parsi/Zoroastrian	69,601	57,264
105	Sadri	10,338	153
106	Sanamahi	223,742	222,422
107	Shara	501	-
108	Traditional Religion	313	1,239
109	Bamanya	-	121
110	Hidmaraj	-	102
111	Subba	-	171
112	Rangkhothak	-	152
113	TikaoRagong	-	373
114	Paniyar	-	233
115	Mannan	-	118
116	BaiganiDharam	-	488
117	AdiKurum	-	235
118	Adimdhamm	-	57,022
119	DeraSarsa	-	139
120	AdiDharam	-	82,255
121	Bidin	-	29,553
122	Atheist	-	33,304
123	Krupa	-	140
124	Hajong	-	110
125	Bhumia	-	181
126	Bodo/Boro	-	294
127	Bhoi	-	602
128	Addi Bassi	-	86,877
129	Adi	-	24,381
130	Aka	-	297

Sources: (a) CoI 2001 and (b) CoI 2011.

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