Percentage of Scheduled Caste (SC) population

Percentage of Scheduled Caste population to total population as per 2001 Census, in India, and in States/Union Territories, is mentioned in the table below:

 Percentage of Scheduled Caste (SC) population to total population in India and States/Union Territories, as per 2001 Census

Sl. No.		Percentage of SC population to total population
	India	16.2
States
1	Andhra Pradesh	16.19
2	Arunachal Pradesh	0.56
3	Assam	6.85
4	Bihar	15.72
5	Chhattisgarh	11.61
6	Goa	1.77
7	Gujarat	7.09
8	Haryana	19.35
9	Himachal Pradesh	24.72
10	Jammu & Kashmir	7.6
11	Jharkhand	11.8
12	Karnataka	16.2
13	Kerala	9.8
14	Madhya Pradesh	15.2
15	Maharashtra	10.2
16	Manipur	02.8
17	Meghalaya	0.5
18	Mizoram	0.03
19	Nagaland	0
20	Orissa	16.5
21	Punjab	28.9
22	Rajasthan	17.2
23	Sikkim	5.0
24	Tamil Nadu	19.0
25	Tripura	17.4
26	Uttarakhand	17.9
27	Uttar Pradesh	21.1
28	West Bengal	23.0
Union Territories
29	Andaman & Nicobar Islands	0
30	Chandigarh	17.5
31	Dadra & Nagar Haveli	1.9
32	Daman & Diu	3.1
33	Delhi	16.9
34	Lakshadweep Islands	0
35	Puducherry	16.2

 Information provided by National Crime Records Bureau, Ministry of Home Affairs, in regard to offences of atrocities against members of Scheduled Castes, registered by the police under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, during calendar years 2006, 2007 and 2008, is as under:

Year	Number of cases registered
2006	26665
2007	29825
2008	33367

Gender wise segregated data is, however, not available

The above Act is implemented by the concerned State Governments and Union Territory Administrations. They are advised from time to time to implement provisions of the Act in letter and spirit. Ministry of Home Affairs in their advisory dated 01.4.2010, addressed to Chief Secretaries of States/Union Territories has inter-alia emphasized to put in place, a proper mechanism for safety and protection of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. They have also been advised that atrocity-prone areas may be identified for taking preventive measures to save life and property of members of SCs/STs.