Data sheet

1. Data items in bold are from the 2001 Census Report.
2. Data items in bold italics are from NSSO data.
3. Statewise SC and ST pop is directly taken from the census data.
4. OBC  / FC pop is available in the NSSO data for rural and urban separately.
5. Statewise OBC / FC pop for rural and urban areas are merged into statewise pop using : Total OBC Pop in State = (Rural Population in state  x Rural OBC % in state ) + (Urban Population * Urban OBC %). Data: Rural OBC% and Urban OBC% for 15 major states can be obtained from the NSSO journal here (scroll to the bottom for the 86th issue) This is the critical piece of data available for OBCs and FCs in India at the moment. Another option would have been to go to the 1931 census report – but that contains different state boundaries and also includes Burma, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Ceylon. Not practical, therefore at the moment the NSSO data is our only window into OBC and FC numbers.
6. The statewise rural and urban population can be obtained from the Census 2001 website at http://www.censusindia.net/results/rudist.html
7. Note 1 : For the states for which NSSO data is not available (small states + J&K + new states Jharkhand, Chattisgarh, Uttaranchal) we leave the entries blank.
8. Note 2 : For mapping purposes we assume national average for states for which no data is available. This may result in overestimation of OBCs in case of Northeast, and underestimation in J&K. This is the only approach possible because we cannot have holes in the cartogram – nor can we invent data for these states.
9. Note 3: For mapping purposes, data from the three new states Jharkhand, Chattisgarh, Uttaranchal were combined with their original states (Bihar, MP, UP) 

The bold items in the table are the rural and urban SC/ST/OBC/FC distribution taken from the NSSO data.

STATE or UT	Total Pop	Urban Percent	Rural Percent	Urban Pop	Rural Pop	% Total Pop	% Urban Pop	% Rural Pop	%Rural ST	%Rural SC	%Rural OBC	% Rural FC	%Urban ST	% Urban SC	%Urban OBC	%Urban FC	Total ST Pop	Total SC Pop	Total OBC Pop	Total FC Pop	% ST	%SC	%OBC	%FC	ST Factor	SC Factor	OBC Factor	FC Factor	% OBC state	% FC State	% SC State	%ST State	OBC Pop Avg	FC Pop Avg	Land Area	All OBC Factor	All FC Factor	Geo OBC	Geo FC	STATE or UT	Census SC	Census ST	Geo SC	Geo ST
INDIA	1,027,015,247	27.78	72.22	285,304,836	741,710,411	100.00	100.00	100.00	10.49	20.42	37.52	31.41	3.4	14.35	30.38	51.7	87,505,787	192,398,510	364965355	380473840	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	1	1	1	1	35.54	37.05	18.73	8.52	365001219	380509149						INDIA
Jammu & Kashmir	10,069,917	24.88	75.12	2,505,395	7,564,522	0.98	0.88	1.02									0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	3578849	3730904	222,236	1	1	222236	222236	Jammu & Kashmir	770,155	1,105,979
Himachal Pradesh	6,077,248	9.79	90.21	594,963	5,482,285	0.59	0.21	0.74									0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	2159854	2251620	55,673	1	1	55673	55673	Himachal Pradesh	1,502,170	244,587
Punjab	12,963,362	33.95	66.05	4,401,061	8,562,301	1.26	1.54	1.15	1.06	38.18	14.67	45.99	1.35	27.76	13.37	57.46	150,175	4,490,821	1844511	6466652	0.17	2.33	0.51	1.70	0.135962545411611	1.84919744328873	0.400395278005369	1.34652346417462	14.23	49.88	34.64	1.16	4607179	4802926	50,362	0.400395278005369	1.34652346417462	20164.7069909064	67813.6147027625	Punjab	7,028,723	0
Chandigarh*	900,914	89.78	10.22	808,841	92,073	0.09	0.28	0.01									0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	320185	333789	144	1	1	144	144	Chandigarh*	157,597	0
Uttaranchal	8,479,562	25.59	74.41	2,169,920	6,309,642	0.83	0.76	0.85									0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	3013636	3141678	53,566	1.18150010687601	0.914725906279779	63288.2347249204	48998.2078957827	Uttaranchal	8,489,349	256,129
Haryana	21,082,989	29.00	71	6,114,067	14,968,922	2.05	2.14	2.02	0.44	24.11	25.25	50.12	1.47	20.5	21.47	55.81	155,740	4,862,391	5092343	10914684	0.18	2.53	1.40	2.87	0.0866978279653134	1.23109868956323	0.679689743291603	1.39743331648427	24.15	51.77	23.06	0.74	7492894	7811247	44,212	0.679689743291603	1.39743331648427	30050.4429304084	61783.3217884024	Haryana	4,091,110	0
Delhi*	13,782,976	93.01	6.99	12,819,546	963,430	1.34	4.49	0.13									0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	4898470	5106593	1,483	1	1	1483	1483	Delhi*	2,343,255	0
Rajasthan	56,473,122	23.38	76.62	13,203,416	43,269,706	5.50	4.63	5.83	19.79	16.34	36.29	27.57	3.76	18.41	26.66	51.16	9,059,523	9,501,019	19222607	18684326	10.35	4.94	5.27	4.91	1.88279772846292	0.898056310550464	0.957846111384945	0.893074558443507	34.04	33.09	16.82	16.04	20070548	20923292	342,236	0.957846111384945	0.893074558443507	327809.421775938	305642.264583472	Rajasthan	9,694,462	7,097,706
Uttar Pradesh	166,052,859	20.78	79.22	34,505,784	131,547,075	16.17	12.09	17.74	1.21	24.69	44.8	29.16	0.94	15.62	31.26	51.91	1,916,074	37,868,776	69719598	56271080	2.19	19.68	19.10	14.79	0.135427241779081	1.21733497728218	1.18150010687601	0.914725906279779	41.99	33.89	22.81	1.15	59015186	61522584	238,566	1.18150010687601	0.914725906279779	281865.754496981	218222.500557542	Uttar Pradesh	35,148,377	107,963
Bihar	82,878,796	10.47	89.53	8,677,410	74,201,386	8.07	3.04	10.00	7.18	20.97	51.41	20.07	6.04	12.01	46.77	34.92	5,851,775	16,602,188	42205357	17922370	6.69	8.63	11.56	4.71	0.828675139353819	1.06929385322344	1.43301058168124	0.58371934756051	50.92	21.62	20.03	7.06	29455124	30706594	94,164	1.43301058168124	0.58371934756051	134938.008413432	54965.3486436879	Bihar	13,048,608	758,351
Sikkim	540,493	11.10	88.9	59,995	480,498	0.05	0.02	0.06									0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	192091	200253	7,096	1	1	7096	7096	Sikkim	27,165	111,405
Arunachal Pradesh	1,091,117	20.41	79.59	222,697	868,420	0.11	0.08	0.12									0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	387783	404259	83,743	1	1	83743	83743	Arunachal Pradesh	6,188	705,158
Nagaland	1,988,636	17.74	82.26	352,784	1,635,852	0.19	0.12	0.22									0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	706761	736790	16,579	1	1	16579	16579	Nagaland	0	1,774,026
Manipur	2,388,634	23.88	76.12	570,406	1,818,228	0.23	0.20	0.25									0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	848921	884989	22,327	1	1	22327	22327	Manipur	60,037	741,141
Mizoram	891,058	49.50	50.5	441,074	449,984	0.09	0.15	0.06									0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	316682	330137	21,081	1	1	21081	21081	Mizoram	272	839,310
Tripura	3,191,168	17.02	82.98	543,137	2,648,031	0.31	0.19	0.36									0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1134141	1182328	10,492	1	1	10492	10492	Tripura	555,724	993,426
Meghalaya	2,306,069	19.63	80.37	452,681	1,853,388	0.22	0.16	0.25									0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	819577	854399	22,429	1	1	22429	22429	Meghalaya	11,139	1,992,862
Assam	26,638,407	12.72	87.28	3,388,405	23,250,002	2.59	1.19	3.13	15.8	11.11	18.66	54.27	6.05	10.21	13.69	69.92	3,878,499	2,929,031	4802323	14986949	4.43	1.52	1.32	3.94	1.70881688860074	0.586936286234996	0.507304094144534	1.51864780326984	18.03	56.26	11.00	14.56	9467290	9869530	78,483	0.507304094144534	1.51864780326984	39814.7472207455	119188.035544027	Assam	1,825,949	3,308,570
West Bengal	80,221,171	28.03	71.97	22,485,994	57,735,177	7.81	7.88	7.78	6.7	27.17	6.77	59.04	1.92	17.85	6.14	73.86	4,299,988	19,700,397	5289312	50695004	4.91	10.24	1.45	13.32	0.629098077343336	1.31087469174625	0.185539079979383	1.70580055444821	6.59	63.19	24.56	5.36	28510604	29721944	88,752	0.185539079979383	1.70580055444821	16466.9644263302	151393.210808388	West Bengal	18,452,555	4,406,794
Jharkhand	26,909,428	22.25	77.75	5,987,348	20,922,080	2.62	2.10	2.82									0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	9563611	9969943	79,700	1.43301058168124	0.58371934756051	114210.943359995	46522.4320005727	Jharkhand	3,189,320	7,087,068
Orissa	36,706,920	14.97	85.03	5,495,026	31,211,894	3.57	1.93	4.21	27.01	20.93	31.55	20.32	10.9	17.54	22.81	48.5	9,029,290	7,496,477	11100768	9007344	10.32	3.90	3.04	2.37	2.88699342448557	1.09014546684023	0.851001510896906	0.662370397555379	30.24	24.54	20.42	24.60	13045639	13599914	155,707	0.851001510896906	0.662370397555379	132506.892257225	103135.707492155	Orissa	6,082,063	8,145,081
Chhatisgarh	20,795,956	20.08	79.92	4,175,828	16,620,128	2.02	1.46	2.24									0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	7390883	7704902	135,194	1.13006317334275	0.622159783679792	152777.7606569	84112.2697948058	Chhatisgarh	2,418,722	6,616,596
Madhya Pradesh	60,385,118	26.67	73.33	16,104,711	44,280,407	5.88	5.64	5.97	27.98	14.49	41.5	16	7.32	13.73	36.47	42.43	13,568,523	8,627,408	24249757	13918094	15.51	4.48	6.64	3.66	2.63719816844237	0.762650561120852	1.13006317334275	0.622159783679792	40.16	23.05	14.29	22.47	21460871	22372686	308,144	1.13006317334275	0.622159783679792	348222.186486528	191714.804382226	Madhya Pradesh	9,155,177	12,233,474
Gujarat	50,596,992	37.35	62.65	18,897,977	31,699,015	4.93	6.62	4.27	19.37	10.01	32.51	37.21	4.16	14.43	23.45	57.95	6,926,255	5,900,049	14736925	22746581	7.92	3.07	4.04	5.98	1.60662271879788	0.622452392617091	0.819610356763247	1.21351044666439	29.13	44.96	11.66	13.69	17982171	18746186	196,024	0.819610356763247	1.21351044666439	160663.300574159	237877.17179694	Gujarat	3,592,715	7,481,160
Daman & Diu*	158,059	36.26	63.74	57,312	100,747	0.02	0.02	0.01									0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	56174	58561	122	1	1	122	122	Daman & Diu*	4,838	13,997
Dadra & Nagar Haveli*	220,451	22.89	77.11	50,461	169,990	0.02	0.02	0.02									0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	78348	81677	491	1	1	491	491	Dadra & Nagar Haveli*	4,104	137,225
Maharashtra	96,752,247	42.40	57.6	41,022,953	55,729,294	9.42	14.38	7.51	16.63	13.01	30.27	39.99	3.13	13.19	18.49	65.02	10,551,800	12,661,309	24454401	48959269	12.06	6.58	6.70	12.87	1.27998715552959	0.698542320989162	0.711248274591302	1.36592216033434	25.28	50.60	13.09	10.91	34385749	35846708	307,713	0.711248274591302	1.36592216033434	218860.340319313	420312.00572296	Maharashtra	9,881,656	8,577,276
Andhra Pradesh	75,727,541	27.08	72.92	20,507,018	55,220,523	7.37	7.19	7.45	7.1	22.38	45.37	25.05	3.01	12.91	37.84	46.11	4,537,918	15,005,809	32813407	23288527	5.19	7.80	8.99	6.12	0.703303765856947	1.05774443285633	1.21933410001906	0.830118811024894	43.33	30.75	19.82	5.99	26913568	28057054	275,068	1.21933410001906	0.830118811024894	335399.792224042	228339.121110995	Andhra Pradesh	12,339,496	5,024,104
Karnataka	52,733,958	33.98	66.02	17,918,999	34,814,959	5.13	6.28	4.69	7.83	19.65	39.15	33.31	4.5	10.79	30.65	54.02	3,532,366	8,774,599	19122230	21276706	4.04	4.56	5.24	5.59	0.786168204818601	0.888202759575043	1.02040695726209	1.08909587885645	36.26	40.35	16.64	6.70	18741649	19537931	191,791	1.02040695726209	1.08909587885645	195704.870740254	208878.787701758	Karnataka	8,563,930	3,463,986
Goa	1,343,998	49.77	50.23	668,908	675,090	0.13	0.23	0.09									0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	477657	497951	3,702	1	1	3702	3702	Goa	23,791	566
Lakshadweep*	60,595	44.47	55.53	26,947	33,648	0.01	0.01	0.00									0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	21535	22450	32	1	1	32	32	Lakshadweep*	0	57,321
Kerala	31,838,619	25.97	74.03	8,268,489	23,570,130	3.10	2.90	3.18	1.7	9.85	51.08	37.35	0.65	6.38	55.32	37.5	454,437	2,849,187	16613751	11904127	0.52	1.48	4.55	3.13	0.167517409398012	0.477685412117614	1.46838085497877	1.00924223413768	52.18	37.39	8.95	1.43	11315445	11796208	38,863	1.46838085497877	1.00924223413768	57065.6851670401	39222.1809452926	Kerala	3,123,941	364,189
Tamil Nadu	62,110,839	43.86	56.14	27,241,814	34,869,025	6.05	9.55	4.70	1.19	30.61	63.09	4.81	0.85	12.66	68.13	18.17	646,497	14,122,222	40558716	6627038	0.74	7.34	11.11	1.74	0.122162837933158	1.2136985464846	1.83756220504277	0.288007723901613	65.30	10.67	22.74	1.04	22074192	23012066	130,058	1.83756220504277	0.288007723901613	238989.665263453	37457.708555196	Tamil Nadu	11,857,504	651,321
Pondicherry*	973,829	66.57	33.43	648,278	325,551	0.09	0.23	0.04									0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	346099	360804	492	1	1	492	492	Pondicherry*	157,771	0
Andaman & Nicobar Islands*	356,265	32.67	67.33	116,392	239,873	0.03	0.04	0.03									0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	126617	131996	8,249	1	1	8249	8249	Andaman & Nicobar Islands*	0	29,469