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Highest concentration of Scheduled Tribes is seen in Wayanad district (31.24 per cent) followed
by Idukki (11.51 per cent), Palakkad (10.10 per cent) and Kasargod (10.08 per cent).These four
districts together accounts for 62.93 per cent of Scheduled Tribes in the State. The coastal district
of Alappuzha has the lowest percentage (1.36 per cent). District wise Scheduled Caste/Scheduled
Tribe population details are given in Appendix 4.84 and 4.85. District wise SC/ST population with
respect to district population is given in Figures 4.12 and 4.13 respectively.
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Population in Percentage

Kas ar god
Kannur
Wayand

Kozhikode
Malappuram

Palakkad
T hriss ur
Ernakulam

Idukki
Kottayam
Alappuzha
Pathanamthitta

Kollam
Trivandrum

Total
Fig 4.12
Percentage of SC Population to total Population in the Districts

as per 2011 Population Census

16.00 14.37 13.12 13.74
14.00 12.46
12.00 11.30
10.00 10.39 9.46 9.10
8.18 7.79
8.00 6.45 7.50
6.00
4.00 4.08 3.30 3.99
2.00
0.00

Fig 4.13
Percentage of ST Population to total Population in the Districts

as per 2011 Population Census

20.00 18.53
18.00
Population in Percentage16.003.74 5.03
Kasargod14.001.64
12.00 1.74
Kannur10.00
Wayand
Kozhikode8.00
Malappuram6.00
Palakkad4.00
Thrissur2.00
Ernakulam0.00

Idukki
Kottayam
Alappuzha
Pathanamthitta

Kollam
Trivandrum

Total
0.49 0.56 0.30 0.50 1.11 0.31 0.68 0.41 0.81 1.45

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4.236 As per census on India 2011 (Appendix 4.86) Scheduled Caste Households in Kerala have
much greater access to banking services, landline phones, computers with internet and car than an
average Scheduled Caste household in India. Compared to other southern states of Tamil Nadu,
Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh, only SC households in Tamil Nadu has greater access to Televisions
than those in Kerala. SC households in Kerala do not seem to have as much access to two wheelers
as other SC households in India. While more than 22 per cent of SC households in India did not
have access to any of these assets, Kerala performed better with only around 11 per cent of SC
households being deprived of these assets.

Kerala State Planning Board