The bugle has been blown for Jharkhand Assembly elections 2024. Voting will be held here in two phases on 13th and 20th November. Whereas, counting of votes will take place on November 23. That means, on November 23, we will know whose government is being formed in Jharkhand.
The fight to form government in Jharkhand is between NDA and India alliance. NDA includes BJP, AJSU Party, JDU and LJP-R. The India alliance includes JMM, Congress, RJD and CPI-ML.
All these parties know that if they want to form a government in Jharkhand, they will have to win over tribal votes. This is the reason why political parties are making various types of promises regarding the tribal community. Let us tell you today in this news what is the number of tribal community in Jharkhand.
What was the number of tribals in 2011?
According to the official data of the national census, in the year 2011, the total population of tribal community in Jharkhand was 86 lakh 45 thousand. Among these, the number of women was 43 lakh 29 thousand. Whereas the number of men was 43 lakh 15 thousand.
Talking about education, the total number of tribal communities in the state was 41 lakh. That means more than half the population in Jharkhand was illiterate till 2011. The big thing is that among the illiterate population there were 24 lakh 35 thousand men. Whereas, in case of illiteracy the number of women was 16 lakh 65 thousand.
What was the number of tribals in 2001?
According to the 2001 national census, the number of tribal community in Jharkhand was 70 lakh 87 thousand. This was 26.3 percent of the total population of the state. The total population of Jharkhand in 2001 was 26,945,829. The number of women in this was 35 lakh 21 thousand. The number of men was 35 lakh 65 thousand.
What was the number of tribals in 1991?
Jharkhand was not included in the 1991 census. This is because Jharkhand was separated from Bihar and became a separate state on 15 November 2000. Before that, today’s Jharkhand used to be a part of Bihar. Let us tell you what was the population of tribals in Bihar in 1991.
According to the 1991 Indian census, the number of tribals in Bihar was 66 lakh 16 thousand 914. On the basis of this, we can say that when Jharkhand was divided in 2000, the number of tribals there would have been around 60 lakhs. Talking about the major tribal communities of Jharkhand, they include Santal, Munda, Ho, Oraon, Gond, Khadiya, Birhor and Chhota Nagpuri.
