There is much discussion on the issue of reservation and its impact on the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. It is essential to know how far the socially marginalized group of Scheduled Castes lag behind the other sections of the Indian population with respect to human development. The present article has made an attempt to assess the different human development factors like literacy and health status of the Scheduled Caste population in India. For this purpose, secondary data have been collected. The population- and literacy-related information has been obtained from the Census 2011 Report and health-related information has been collected from the National Family Health Survey-2015–2016 (NFHS-2015–2016). This study depicts the SCs population’s literacy status, sex ratio, child sex ratio and other health-related aspects. Also, the study compares the Scheduled Caste population status with that of other population categories.

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印度在册种姓的识字率和健康状况

关于保留问题及其对在列种姓和在列部落的影响有很多讨论。必须了解社会边缘化的在册种姓群体在人类发展方面落后于印度人口的其他部分多远。本文试图评估印度在册种姓人口的不同人类发展因素，如识字率和健康状况。为此，收集了二手数据。人口和识字相关信息来自 2011 年人口普查报告，健康相关信息来自 2015-2016 年全国家庭健康调查 (NFHS-2015-2016)。本研究描述了 SCs 人口的识字状况、性别比例、儿童性别比例和其他与健康相关的方面。还，