List of Scheduled Tribes in Uttar Pradesh

The Scheduled Tribes in Uttar Pradesh comprise 16 tribes, with a population of 1,134,273, constituting 0.47% of the state's population according to the 2011 census. Until 2003, the recognized Scheduled Tribes in Uttar Pradesh were limited to five: Buksa, Bhotiya, Jaunsari, Raji, and Tharu. Subsequently, additional tribes were notified as Scheduled Tribes in the state, but their scheduled status is limited to specific districts.

List of Scheduled Tribes

 * 1) Bhotiya
 * 2) Bhoksa, Buksa
 * 3) Jaunsari
 * 4) Raji
 * 5) Tharu
 * 6) Gond, Dhuria, Nayak, Ojha, Patari, Raj Gond (in districts of Sant Kabir Nagar, Kushinagar, Chandauli, Bhadohi, Maharajganj, Siddharthnagar, Basti, Gorakhpur, Deoria, Mau, Azamgarh, Jaunpur, Ballia, Ghazipur, Varanasi, Mirzapur and Sonbhadra)
 * 7) Kharwar, Khairwar (in the districts of Deoria, Ballia, Ghazipur, Varanasi, and Sonbhadra)
 * 8) Sahariya (in the district of Lalitpur)
 * 9) Parahiya (in the district of Sonbhadra)
 * 10) Baiga (in the district of Sonbhadra)
 * 11) Pankha, Panika (in the districts of Sonbhadra and Mirzapur)
 * 12) Agariya (in the district of Sonbhadra)
 * 13) Patari (in the district of Sonbhadra)
 * 14) Chero (in the districts of Sonbhadra and Varanasi)
 * 15) Bhuiya, Bhuinya (in the district of Sonbhadra)