Which district has the highest ST population share in its total population?

Question

Question

This question was previously asked in

TSPSC AE 2015 Paper I (General Studies & General Ability) Official Paper

Answer 1

The correct answer is MahabubabadKey Points

Districts with highest % share of ST population are:
- Mahabubabad - 37.8%
- Bhadradri Kothagudem - 36.7%
- Adilabad - 31.7%
- Mulugu - 29.3%
- Kumuram Bheem - 25.9%
Districts with lowest % share of ST population are:
- Hyderabad - 1.2%
- Karimnagar - 1.3%
- Jogulamba Gadwal - 1.5%
- Peddapalli - 1.9%
- Medchal-Malkajgiri - 2.3%
Khammam,has the maximum number of tribal population in the 23 districts of the then undivided Andhra Pradesh.
But it has now relegated to seventh position (14.2%) among the 33 districts in Telangana.

Confusion Points

Displacing Khammam, Mahabubabad has emerged as the top district accounting for a 37.8 per cent of tribals of the total population followed by Bhadradri-Kothagudem, Adilabad, Kumaram Bheem-Asifabad, Jayashankar-Bhupalpalli and Warangal Rural. Interestingly, Karimnagar was second from the bottom after Hyderabad as the district with the least ST population.

Additional Information

The state of Telangana has 33 districts.
The State consists of 33 districts covering an area of 1,12,077 km².
Nalgonda is the largest district, while Hyderabad is the smallest.
The last two new districts, Mulugu and Narayanpet, were created on 17 February 2019.
The districts are divided into 74 revenue divisions, which are further divided into 612 mandals.
In February 2014, the Andhra Pradesh Reorganization Act, 2014, passed a bill by the Parliament of India for the establishment of a Telangana State comprising ten districts in the north-west of Andhra Pradesh.