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Scheduled Castes are those castes/races, which have been specified in a list in accordance with Article 341 of our Constitution. The Scheduled Caste (SC) population, according to 2011 Census, is 201378372 constituting 16.63 percent of the total population of India. As per 2011 census the total scheduled caste population in Assam was 2231321 constituting 7.15% of India's total SC population. This work has been carried out to study the socio-economic characteristics of the SC population in Majuli district, Assam. The socio-economic structure of Scheduled Caste population is different from that of the other castes. The levels and variation in the demographic characteristics are more likely to be affected by the socio-economic variation among the Scheduled Caste population. Therefore, the study of socio-economic conditions of the Scheduled Cast population is of great importance. This study will attempt to explore the unexplored uniqueness of the SC society in Majuli district. The researcher feels that in order to improve the life style of this community and eradicating poverty and unemployment from their area, it is now very much essential that the government departments, NGO s, local public be involved in rural development work and suitable technology for development of rural area infrastructure be made.