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The [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|Scheduled Tribes]] in [[Uttarakhand]] comprise 5 tribes, with a population of 2,91,903, constituting 2.9% of the state's population according to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]].<ref>{{cite web|title=ST in India as Revealed in Census 2011|url=https://tribal.nic.in/downloads/Statistics/3-STinindiaascensus2011_compressed.pdf}}</ref>

==List of Scheduled Tribes==
Tribes in '''bold''' indicate [[Particularly vulnerable tribal group|Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group]] (Primitive Tribe).

* [[Bhotiyas of Uttarakhand|Bhotiyas]]
* [[Buksa people|'''Buksa''']]
* [[Jaunsari people|Jaunsari]]
* [[Raji people|'''Raji''']]
* [[Tharu people|Tharu]]

== Demographics ==
Population of Scheduled Tribes as per [[2011 census of India]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=District wise scheduled tribe population (Appendix), Uttarakhand - 2011 |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/43006 |url-status=live |access-date=20 March 2026 |website=[[Census of India]] |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="2" |Scheduled Tribe
! rowspan="2" |Language
! colspan="2" |Population
|-
!ST Code
!Tribe
!(as of 2011)
!%age
|-
|001
|[[Bhotiyas of Uttarakhand|Bhotiya]]
|[[West Himalayish languages|Bhoti]]
|39,106
|13.39%
|-
|002
|[[Bhoksa people|Buksa]]
|[[Buksa language|Buksa]]
|54,037
|18.51%
|-
|003
|[[Jaunsari people|Jaunsari]]
|[[Jaunsari language|Jaunsari]]
|88,664
|30.37%
|-
|004
|[[Raji people|Raji]]
|[[Raji language|Raji]]
|690
|0.24%
|-
|005
|[[Tharu people|Tharu]]
|[[Tharu languages|Tharu]]
|91,342
|31.29%
|-
| colspan="3" |Generic tribes, etc.
(those who identified them as ''[[Adivasi]]'', ''[[Vanvasi]]'', ''Girijan'' or [[Schedule Tribe|''Anushuchit Janjati'']])
|18,064
|6.2%
|-
! colspan="3" |Total
!291,903
!100%
|}

=== Population by district<ref>{{Cite web |title=Districtwise Population of Uttarakhand State {{!}} Chief Minister, Government of Uttarakhand {{!}} India |url=https://cm.uk.gov.in/district-population/ |access-date=2026-03-20 |language=en}}</ref> ===
{| class="wikitable"
!District
!Total population
!ST population
!%age of ST
|-
|[[Uttarkashi district|Uttarkashi]]
|3,30,086
|3,521
|1.06%
|-
|[[Chamoli district|Chamoli]]
|3,91,605
|12,260
|3.14%
|-
|[[Rudraprayag district|Rudraprayag]]
|2,42,285
|386
|0.16%
|-
|[[Tehri Garhwal district|Tehri Garhwal]]
|6,18,931
|875
|0.14%
|-
|[[Dehradun district|Dehradun]]
|16,96,694
|1,11,663
|6.58%
|-
|[[Garhwal District|Garhwal]]
|6,87,271
|2,215
|0.32%
|-
|[[Pithoragarh district|Pithoragarh]]
|4,83,439
|19,535
|4.04%
|-
|[[Bageshwar district|Bageshwar]]
|2,59,898
|1,982
|0.76%
|-
|[[Almora district|Almora]]
|6,22,506
|1,281
|0.21%
|-
|[[Champawat district|Champawat]]
|2,59,648
|1,339
|0.52%
|-
|[[Nainital district|Nainital]]
|9,52,605
|7,495
|0.79%
|-
|[[Udham Singh Nagar district|Udham Singh Nagar]]
|16,42,908
|1,23,037
|7.49%
|-
|[[Haridwar district|Haridwar]]
|18,90,422
|6,323
|0.33%
|-
!Total
!10,086,292
!291,903
!2.89%
|}

==See also==
* [[List of Scheduled Tribes]]
* [[List of Scheduled Castes in Uttarakhand]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
[https://socialwelfare.uk.gov.in Department of Social Welfare, Government of Uttarakhand]

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[[Category:Scheduled Tribes of India|Uttarakhand]]
[[Category:Scheduled Tribes of Uttarakhand]]

List of Scheduled Tribes in Uttarakhand - Revision history

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