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In the two decades, there has been continuous change in Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes population in Sindhudurg District. SC and ST mean such castes, races or tribes or parts of or groups within castes, races or tribes as are deems under as per the Constitution of India since independence the Indian Government rehabilitated the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes population. The Government has made large-scale provisions of opportunities for social, cultural and educational up-lift meant of these castes. This social group is among the most subordinated and poorest in India. They are now participating in all activities. But these welfare programmers could yield to a very small segment of the society and after the independence, the socio-economic conditions of the rural SC and ST population is more or less. In this context present investigates is also useful for developmental planning of SC and ST population in Sindhudurg District. If we come the main theme of the paper that the decadal variation of SC and ST population in Sindhudurg District between on decade 1991-2001. Overall the SC population in Sindhudurg District is decreased and ST population is increased in the decade 1991-2001. As per 2001 census the SC population is 38536 and ST population is 4952, it means the proportion of SC population is 4.4 percent and ST population is 0.6 percent to the total population in the Sindhudurg District