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2001 Census of India
According to the 2001 census of India, ST population constitute only 1.14 percent of the total population of Kerala. The decadal growth of ST population has been 13.5 per cent which is 4.1 per cent higher than the growth of the total population in 1991-2001. A total of 35 tribes have been enumerated in the 2001 census. District wise distribution of ST population shows that Wayanad district has the highest proportion of STs (17.4 per cent) followed by Idduki (14 per cent). Alappuzha district has the lowest proportion of STs (0.1 per cent) preceded by Thrissur, Kollam and Kozhikode (0.2 per cent each).