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A tribal school in Nilambur (north Kerala)

Tribals in Kerala (known in Malayalam as the Adivasis) are the tribal population found in the Indian state of Kerala. Most of the tribals of Kerala live in the forests and mountains of Western Ghats, bordering Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.

Tribals in Kerala are officially designated as “Scheduled Tribes” for affirmative action purposes.[1] Kerala Public Service Commission, Government of Kerala, lists thirty-six of Scheduled Tribes in Kerala.[1] Tribals in Kerala are classified by Scheduled Tribes Development Department, Government of Kerala into three sub-sets (Particularly Vulnerable, Marginalised and Minorities).[2]

According to the 2011 Census of India, the Scheduled Tribe population in Kerala is 4,84,839 (1.5 % of the total population).[2]Wayanad district has the highest number of tribals (1,51,443) in Kerala, followed by Idukki (55,815), Palakkad (48,972) and Kasaragod (48,857) and Kannur districts (41,371).[2] Paniyan, Irula, Kattunaikan, and Adiyan are some of the major “communities” among Kerala tribals.[2]

A. K. Balan, Member of the Legislative Assembly from Tarur, is the current Kerala Minister for Welfare of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes.[3]

Tribals in Kerala – main[edit]

Source: 2008 (Tribal Survey)[2]
No. Community Population District
Particularly Vulnerable Scheduled Tribes (PVTGs)[2]
1 Kadar 1974 Thrissur, Palakkad
2 Kattunaikan 19995 Wayanad, Kozhikode Palakkad, Malappuram
3 Koraga 1644 Kasaragod
4 Kurumbar/Kurumbas 2251 Palakkad
5 Cholanaikan 409 Malappuram
Marginalised[2]
1 Adiyan 11221 Wayanad
2 Eravalan 4418 Palakkad
3 Hill Pulaya 3415 Idukki
4 Irula 26525 Palakkad
5 Malasar 4201 Palakkad
6 Malayan 5550 Ernakulam, Thrissur, Palakkad
7 Mundugur 4668 Palakkad
8 Paniyan 92787 Wayanad, Kannur, Palakkad, Malappuram, Kozhikode
Minorities[2]
1 Arandan/Aranadan 247 Malappuram
2 Wayanadankadar 673 Wayanad
3 Kudiya, Melakudi 911 Kasaragod
4 Mahamalasar 143 Palakkad
5 Palleyan/Palliyan/Paliyan 1484 Idukki
6 ThachanadanMoopan 1649 Wayanad
7 Malapanickar 982 Malappuram
8 Malampandaram 1662 Kollam, Pathanamthitta

Kerala tribals – distribution[edit]

Source: 2011 census [2]
District Scheduled Tribe population (2011) %
Kasaragod 48857 3.8
Kannur 41371 1.6
Wayanad 151443 18.5
Kozhikode 15228 0.5
Malappuram 22990 0.6
Palakkad 48972 1.7
Thrissur 9430 0.3
Ernakulam 16559 0.5
Idukki 55815 5.0
Kottayam 21972 1.1
Alappuzha 6574 0.3
Pathanamthitta 8108 0.7
Kollam 10761 0.4
Thiruvananthapuram 26759 0.8
Kerala 484839 1.5

List of Scheduled Tribes in Kerala[edit]

  • As amended by the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Order (Amendment Act) 1976.[1]
  • As amended by the Indian Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Orders (Second Amendment) Act, 2002 (Act 61 of 2002) vide Part VIII – Kerala – Schedule I notified in the Gazette of India, dated 18 December, 2002.[1]
  • As amended by the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Orders (Amendment) Act, 2002 (Act 10 of 2003) vide Part VII – Kerala – Schedule II notified in the Gazette of India, dated 08 January, 2003.[1]

Scheduled Tribes list for educational concession[edit]

Source: http://www.stdd.kerala.gov.in/scheduled-tribes-kerala

  1. Allar (Aalan)
  2. Layan (Konga Malayan, Malayan, Panimalayan)
  3. …  (in the areas of Malabar only)
  4. Malavettuvan
  5. Malamuthuvan
  6. Kunduvadiyan
  7. Pathiyan
  8. Thachanadan Mooppan
  9. Wayanad Kadar
  10. Lalanadi
  11. Chingathan
  12. Malayar
  13. Malapanicker
  14. Irivandavan

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