List of Scheduled Tribes in Gujarat


The population of Gujarat in 2011 Census of India was 60,439,692 Of this 8,917,174 persons belong to one of the Scheduled Tribes constituting 14.75 per cent of the total population of the state. The state has registered 21.4 per cent decadal growth in the Scheduled Tribe population between 1991-2001.

List of communities

There are forty-six notified Scheduled Tribes in the state, which are as follows:

Scheduled areas

The following are the scheduled areas of Gujarat:
1. Uchchhal, Vyara, Nizar, Songadh, Valod, talukas in Tapi district
2. Dediapada, Sagbara, Valia, Nandod and Jhagadia talukas in Bharuch district
3. Dangs district and taluka
4. Bansda, Dharampur, Chikhali, Pardi and Umbergaon talukas in Valsad district
5. Jhalod, Dohad, Santrampur, Limkheda and Deogarh Baria, morva, pratapgad talukas in Panchmahal district
6. Chhotaudepur and Naswadi talukas and Tilakwada mahal in Vadodara district
7. Khedbrahma, Bhiloda and Meghraj talukas and Vijayanagar mahal in Sabarkantha district
8. Mahuwa, Mandvi, Mangrol and Bardoli taluka in Surat District
The Scheduled Areas in the States of Bihar and Gujarat were originally specified by the Scheduled Areas Order, 1950 dated 23.1.1950 and have been respecified as above by the Scheduled Areas Order, 1977 dated 31.12.1977 after rescinding the Order cited first so far as that related to the States of Bihar & Gujarat.