Table of Population: Cenus 2011.
A) Districtwise Schedule caste Population of Himachal Pradesh.
Population in Absolute Number & Population in Percentage
The Left Hand side map show the schedule caste Population in absolute terms. You can see Kangra has maximum number of S.C Population and Lahaul Spiti has Minimum Pouplation. However in percentage terms Sirmaur has maximum Population with respect District Population and Lahaul Spiti has minimum. Overall you can see in map, the Maximum SC poulation of himachal pradesh is concentrated in southern parts.
Such distribution of SC population in southern part is liked with historical process of Peopling of Himachal Pradesh.
B) Districtwise Schedule Tribes Population of Himachal Pradesh.
Population in Absolute Number & Population in Percentage
Left hand map show the Schedule caste Population of Himachal Pradesh in absolute numbers. Chamba and Kangra has maximum number of Schedule caste population and Hamirpur has least number of Schedule Tribe Pouplation. Similarly in Percentage Lahaul Spiti has largest Schedule Tribe poulation with respect to District Populatio. ( Reader can find more combination from above maps)
Solve MCQ
Population Data for SC & ST in Himachal Pradesh (MCQs)
1.
Which district has the highest Scheduled Caste (SC) population in absolute numbers?
A) Kangra
B) Mandi
C) Shimla
D) Sirmaur
Answer: A) Kangra
2.
Which district has the lowest Scheduled Caste (SC) population percentage?
A) Kinnaur
B) Lahaul-Spiti
C) Chamba
D) Una
Answer: B) Lahaul-Spiti (7.08%)
3.
Which district has the highest Scheduled Tribe (ST) population percentage?
A) Chamba
B) Kinnaur
C) Lahaul-Spiti
D) Kangra
Answer: C) Lahaul-Spiti (81.44%)
4.
Which district has the lowest Scheduled Tribe (ST) population percentage?
A) Una
B) Hamirpur
C) Mandi
D) Shimla
Answer: B) Hamirpur (0.67%)
5.
Which district has SC percentage more than 30%?
A) Mandi
B) Solan
C) Sirmaur
D) Kullu
Answer: C) Sirmaur (30.34%)
6.
Which district has ST percentage more than 50% but SC percentage less than 20%?
A) Kinnaur
B) Chamba
C) Lahaul-Spiti
D) None of the above
Answer: A) Kinnaur
7.
What is the combined Scheduled Tribe population of Chamba and Kinnaur?
A) 1,84,246
B) 1,70,000
C) 1,92,000
D) 1,50,000
Answer: A) 1,84,246
8.
Which district has the highest difference between SC% and ST%?
A) Mandi
B) Hamirpur
C) Sirmaur
D) Kangra
Answer: B) Hamirpur (SC: 24.02%, ST: 0.67%, difference: 23.35%)
9.
Which district has SC% closest to the state average of 25.19%?
A) Bilaspur
B) Kangra
C) Una
D) Hamirpur
Answer: A) Bilaspur (25.92%)
10.
Which district has the highest combined SC and ST percentage?
A) Lahaul-Spiti
B) Kinnaur
C) Chamba
D) Sirmaur
Answer: A) Lahaul-Spiti (88.52%)
11.
Which district contributes the largest share to the total ST population of Himachal Pradesh?
A) Lahaul-Spiti
B) Chamba
C) Kinnaur
D) Kullu
Answer: B) Chamba (135,500)
12.
Which district has the least SC population but the highest ST population percentage?
A) Kinnaur
B) Chamba
C) Lahaul-Spiti
D) Hamirpur
Answer: C) Lahaul-Spiti
13.
Which district has a nearly equal contribution of SC and ST population (in terms of percentage)?
A) Chamba
B) Kinnaur
C) Kullu
D) Solan
Answer: A) Chamba (SC: 21.52%, ST: 26.1%)
14.
Which district has both SC and ST percentages above the state average (25.19% and 5.71%)?
A) Chamba
B) Kinnaur
C) None
D) Kullu
Answer: C) None
15.
Which district has SC percentage higher than 28% and ST percentage higher than 3%?
A) Solan
B) Kullu
C) Mandi
D) Sirmaur
Answer: A) Solan (SC: 28.35%, ST: 4.42%)
16.
Which district has SC population between 1.5 to 2 lakh and ST population less than 10,000?
A) Sirmaur
B) Shimla
C) Solan
D) Bilaspur
Answer: B) Shimla (SC: 215,777, ST: 8,755)
17.
Which district has ST population above 80,000 but SC percentage less than 22%?
A) Chamba
B) Kangra
C) Kinnaur
D) Lahaul-Spiti
Answer: B) Kangra (ST: 84,564, SC: 21.15%)
18.
Which district has SC population closest to 1,00,000?
A) Bilaspur
B) Hamirpur
C) Una
D) Chamba
Answer: A) Bilaspur (98,989)
19.
Which district has the highest SC population among districts where ST population is less than 10,000?
A) Shimla
B) Bilaspur
C) Hamirpur
D) Una
Answer: A) Shimla
20.
What is the total combined SC and ST population of Himachal Pradesh?
A) 21,90,000
B) 20,00,000
C) 18,00,000
D) 22,20,000
Answer: A) 21,90,000 (SC: 17,29,252 + ST: 3,92,126 = 21,21,378 approx.)
