A list of 90 Minority Concentration Districts (MCDs) in
the country has been prepared by the Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government
of India on the basis of the 2001 census data on population, socio-economic indicators
and basic amenities indicators. These districts are backward with unacceptably
low levels of either socio-economic or amenities indicators or both and they are
in urgent need of focused attention.
In 1987, a list of 41 Minority Concentration Districts was
prepared based on the data of census 1971. A single criterion of minority population
in a district was applied for an identification of such districts.
It has been decided to prepare and implement area/problem
specific special development plans for these 90 districts. It has also been decided
to ensure that the benefit of programmes of poverty alleviation, education, health
and provision of basic amenities etc., reach these districts in a focused manner.
All Ministries/Departments concerned with such programmes are being advised suitably.
The list of 90 MCDs is placed below: -
| Sl.No. |
State |
District |
|
1 | Arunachal
Pradesh | East
Kameng |
|
2 | Arunachal
Pradesh | Lower
Subansiri |
|
3 | Arunachal
Pradesh | Changlang |
|
4 | Arunachal
Pradesh | Tirap |
|
5 | Assam | Kokrajhar |
|
6 | Assam | Dhubri |
|
7 | Assam | Goalpara |
|
8 | Assam | Bongaigaon |
|
9 | Assam | Barpeta |
|
10 | Assam | Darrang |
|
11 | Assam | Marigaon |
|
12 | Assam | Nagaon |
|
13 | Assam | Cachar |
|
14 | Assam | Karimganj |
|
15 | Assam | Hailakandi |
|
16 | Assam | Kamrup |
|
17 | Bihar | Araria |
|
18 | Bihar | Kishanganj |
|
19 | Bihar | Purnia |
|
20 | Bihar | Katihar |
|
21 | Bihar | Sitamarhi |
|
22 | Bihar | Pashchim
Champaran |
|
23 | Bihar | Darbhanga |
|
24 | Jharkhand | Sahibganj |
|
25 | Jharkhand | Pakaur |
|
26 | Maharashtra | Parbhani |
|
27 | Manipur | Thoubal |
|
28 | Meghalaya | West
Garo Hills |
|
29 | Orissa | Gajapati |
|
30 | Uttar
Pradesh | Bulandshahar
|
|
31 | Uttar
Pradesh | Budaun |
|
32 | Uttar
Pradesh | Barabanki |
|
33 | Uttar
Pradesh | Kheri |
|
34 | Uttar
Pradesh | Shahjahanpur |
|
35 | Uttar
Pradesh | Moradabad |
|
36 | Uttar
Pradesh | Rampur |
|
37 | Uttar
Pradesh | Jyotiba
Phule Nagar |
|
38 | Uttar
Pradesh | Bareilly |
|
39 | Uttar
Pradesh | Pilibhit |
|
40 | Uttar
Pradesh | Bahraich |
|
41 | Uttar
Pradesh | Shrawasti |
|
42 | Uttar
Pradesh | Balrampur |
|
43 | Uttar
Pradesh | Siddharthnagar |
|
44 | Uttar
Pradesh | Bijnor |
|
45 | West
Bengal | Uttar
Dinajpur |
|
46 | West
Bengal | Dakshin
Dinajpur |
|
47 | West
Bengal | Maldah |
|
48 | West
Bengal | Murshidabad |
|
49 | West
Bengal | Birbhum |
|
50 | West
Bengal | Nadia |
|
51 | West
Bengal | South 24-Parganas |
|
52 | West
Bengal | Barddhaman |
|
53 | West
Bengal | Koch
Bihar |
|
54 | Andaman
& Nicobar Islands | Nicobar |
|
55 | Arunachal
Pradesh | Tawang |
|
56 | Arunachal
Pradesh | West
Kameng |
|
57 | Arunachal
Pradesh | Papum
Pare |
|
58 | Assam | North
Cachar Hills |
|
59 | Delhi | North
East |
|
60 | Haryana | Gurgaon |
|
61 | Haryana | Sirsa |
|
62 | Jammu
& Kashmir | Leh
(Ladakh) |
|
63 | Jharkhand | Ranchi |
|
64 | Jharkhand | Gumla |
|
65 | Karnataka | Gulbarga |
|
66 | Karnataka | Bidar |
|
67 | Kerala | Wayanad |
|
68 | Madhya
Pradesh | Bhopal |
|
69 | Maharashtra | Buldana |
|
70 | Maharashtra | Washim |
|
71 | Maharashtra | Hingoli |
|
72 | Manipur | Senapati |
|
73 | Manipur | Tamenglong |
|
74 | Manipur | Churachandpur |
|
75 | Manipur | Ukhrul |
|
76 | Manipur | Chandel |
|
77 | Mizoram | Lawngtlai |
|
78 | Mizoram | Mamit |
|
79 | Sikkim | North |
|
80 | Uttar
Pradesh | Lucknow |
|
81 | Uttar
Pradesh | Saharanpur |
|
82 | Uttar
Pradesh | Muzaffarnagar |
|
83 | Uttar
Pradesh | Meerut |
|
84 | Uttar
Pradesh | Baghpat |
|
85 | Uttar
Pradesh | Ghaziabad |
|
86 | Uttaranchal | Udham
Singh Nagar |
|
87 | Uttaranchal | Hardwar |
|
88 | West
Bengal | Haora |
|
89 | West
Bengal | North
24Parganas |
|
90 | West
Bengal | Kolkata |
AKS/CK
(Release ID :28770)