List of Scheduled Tribes in West Bengal

Scheduled Tribes (also known as "tribals" or "adibasi/adivasi") are specific indigenous peoples whose status is acknowledged to some formal degree by national legislation.

[1][2] As per 2001 census scheduled tribes numbering 4,406,794 persons constituted 5.5 per cent of the total population of the state.

Santals constitute more than half (51.8 per cent) of the total ST population of the state.

The Lodhas, Mahalis, Bhutias, Bedias, and Savars are the remaining STs, and having population of one per cent or more as per 2001 census report.

[3] More than half of the total ST population of the state is concentrated in Medinipur, Jalpaiguri, Purulia, and Bardhaman districts.