| District-wise Distribution of Scheduled Tribes Population 1981 | |||||||||||||
| Name of Community | TVM | QLN | APY | KTM | IDKY | EKM | TCR | PGT | MPM | KKD | WAYANAD | KANNURE | TOTAL |
| 1.Adiyan | 3 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 40 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 103 | 7267 | 701 | 8152 |
| 2.Arnadan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 76 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 95 |
| 3.Eravallan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2070 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2071 |
| 4.Hill Pulaya | 33 | 7 | 23 | 66 | 1600 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 1199 | 118 | 3092 |
| 5.Irular,Irulan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 168 | 18527 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18698 |
| 6.Kadar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 415 | 539 | 65 | 38 | 421 | 2 | 1503 |
| 7.Kammara | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 46 | 83 |
| 8.Kanikkaran | 12554 | 1054 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 60 | 1 | 15 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 13724 |
| 9.Kattunaicken | 45 | 57 | 24 | 39 | 91 | 132 | 31 | 180 | 520 | 180 | 7435 | 69 | 8803 |
| 10.Kochuvelan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 11.Kondakappus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| 12.Konda reddys | 296 | 424 | 97 | 24 | 40 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 158 | 0 | 1064 |
| 13.Koraga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 39 | 1041 | 1098 |
| 14.Kota | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 41 |
| 15.Kudiya/Melakudi | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 556 | 597 |
| 16.Kurichiyan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1043 | 15269 | 5888 | 22215 |
| 17.Kurumans | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 379 | 39 | 20232 | 33 | 20741 |
| 18.Kurumbas | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 1044 | 48 | 0 | 112 | 3 | 1283 |
| 19.Mahamalarar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 20.Malaparayan | 80 | 1250 | 198 | 10202 | 12554 | 99 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 3 | 73 | 9 | 24499 |
| 21.Malai Pandaram | 405 | 908 | 44 | 24 | 124 | 100 | 15 | 453 | 20 | 10 | 19 | 0 | 2122 |
| 22.Malai vedan | 342 | 1090 | 36 | 599 | 131 | 30 | 1 | 172 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 2435 |
| 23.Mala Kuravan | 47 | 128 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 254 |
| 24.Malasar | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 949 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 967 |
| 25.Malayan | 8 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 914 | 169 | 869 | 422 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2394 |
| 26.Mala Arayar | 118 | 17 | 159 | 559 | 1548 | 276 | 7 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 23 | 2746 |
| 27.Mannan | 8 | 5 | 9 | 57 | 5658 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 5813 |
| 28.Marati | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22195 | 22195 |
| 29.Muthuvan,Muduvan,Mudugar | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7271 | 7 | 1 | 2177 | 1331 | 395 | 12 | 12 | 11213 |
| 30.Palleyan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 30 |
| 31.Palliayan | 8 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 716 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 28 | 793 |
| 32.Palliayar | 0 | 47 | 2 | 10 | 352 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 420 |
| 33.Paniyan | 0 | 21 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 16 | 73 | 156 | 4931 | 1975 | 40975 | 8790 | 56952 |
| 34.Ulladan | 2 | 1597 | 2632 | 2956 | 2340 | 2432 | 647 | 20 | 32 | 12 | 16 | 1 | 12687 |
| 35.Urali | 159 | 782 | 0 | 637 | 5178 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2254 | 1 | 9032 |
| 36.Cholanaicken | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 234 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 234 |
| 37.Unclassified | 7 | 11 | 40 | 1 | 7 | 49 | 960 | 2001 | 205 | 29 | 22 | 67 | 2399 |
| Total | 14145 | 7442 | 3273 | 15227 | 38712 | 3551 | 3227 | 28794 | 7955 | 3888 | 95557 | 39704 | 261475 |
| Source:1981 Census Part 1X (ii) | |||||||||||||
| gsn/29-4 | for Director | ||||||||||||