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General Information about Scheduled tribes and Scheduled Areas of Chhattisgarh

1. There are 146 Development Blocks in the State out of which 85 Blocks are Tribal Development Blocks.
2. There are 11 Lok Sabha Constituencies in Chhattisgarh out of which 4 are reserved for Scheduled Tribes and 1 is reserved for Scheduled Castes.
3. There are 90 Vidhan Sabha Constituencies in Chhattisgarh out of which 29 are reserved for Scheduled tribes and 10 for Scheduled castes.
4. Area of Chhattisgarh is 1,35,133 square Kilometers. 81,861.88 square kilometers area is notified as Scheduled area, which is 60.58% of the total area of the State. It covers 19 districts (13 full and 06 partial).
5. The total Scheduled tribe population of the State (Census 2011) is 78.22 lakh. The Total population of scheduled area as per census 2011 is 102.79 lakh in which Scheduled Tribe population is 58.69 lakh (57.09%). Entire Scheduled area of the State is covered by Tribal sub-plan.
6. The development of Scheduled Tribes is being done as per the concept of tribal sub-plan in the state. The main tribe of Chhattisgarh is Gond. Its different sub-tribes are Maria, Muria, Dorla etc. Other tribes are Uroan, Kanwar, Binjhwar, Baiga, Bhatra, Kamar, Halba, Swara, nagesia, Manjhwar, Kharia and Dhanwar. The entire tribal sub-plan area is divided for administrative purposes into 19 Integrated Tribal Projects, 9 MADA pockets and 2 small regions. 24 districts (13 full and 11 partial) are covered by tribal sub-plan. 85 tribal development blocks and 27 community development blocks partially are covered in tribal sub-plan.
7. There are 5 Primitive Tribes in Chhattisgarh – Baiga, Kamar, Pahari Korba, Birhor and Abujhmaria. According to the baseline survey done in the year 2005-06 their population is 1.55 lakh.
8. 6 Primitive Tribe Development Agencies and 9 cells have been established in the State for development of Primitive Tribes. In 2002-03 The State Government has considered Pando and Bhunjia to be equivalent of primitive tribes and established separate development agencies for them – in Surajpur district for Pando and in Gariyaband District for Bhunjia.

Scheduled areas notified in the State

Published in part-2 section-3 sub-section (1) of Gazette of Government of India dated 20th February 2003 regarding Scheduled areas for Chhattisgarh state

Scheduled areas of Chhattisgarh as per the order:-

Chhattisgarh

1. Surguja District
2. Koria District
3. Bastar District
4. Dantewada District
5. Kanker District
6. Marwahi, Gaurela-1, Gaurela-2 Tribal Development Blokcs and Kota Revenue Inspector Circle of Bilaspur District
7. Korba District
8. Jashpur District
9. Dharamjaigarh, Gharghoda, Tamnar, Lailunga and Kharasia Tribal Development Blocks of Raigarh District
10. Dondi Tribal Development Block of Durg District
11. Chauki, Manpur and Mohla Tribal Development Blocks of Rajnandgaon District
12. Gariyaband, Mainpur and Chhura Tribal Development Blocks of Raipur District
13. Nagri (Sihawa) Tribal Development Block of Dhamtari District

Tribal sub-plan and Scheduled area of Chhattisgarh at a glance

1. Chhattisgarh (Census 2011)
   1. Total geographical area of State 1,35,133 sq. KM.
   2. Total population 255.45 lakh
   3. Total Scheduled Tribe Population 78.22 lakh
   4. Percentage of tribal population 30.62%
2. Tribal Sub-plan:-(Census 2011)
   1. Area of Tribal sub-plan 88,000 sq KM.
   2. Percentage of tribal sub-plan area in total area of state 65.12%
   3. Scheduled area in tribal sub-plan area 93.02%
   4. Population of tribal sub-plan area 115.61 lakh
   5. Percentage of sub-plan area population in total population 45.26%
   6. Percentage of Scheduled Tribe population in the total population of tribal sub-plan area 56.09%
   7. Total population of Scheduled area 102.79 lakh
      1. Percentage of Scheduled Tribe Population in the total population of scheduled area 57.09%
      2. Percentage of Scheduled Tribe population in scheduled area in total scheduled tribe population in the State 75.02%
      3. Percentage of scheduled tribe population in tribal sub-plan area in total scheduled tribe population in scheduled area 90.50%