(in India) an indigenous people officially regarded as socially disadvantaged.
（印度）下等种姓，贱民
Example sentencesExamples
The scheduled tribes and castes in particular have not benefited from agrarian reform in West Bengal.
He was particularly concerned about the access to schooling and higher education of children belonging to scheduled castes and scheduled tribes, weaker sections and minorities.
He was a member of a scheduled tribe, a farmer and a father.
Along with tribal people, Dalits are officially referred to as members of ‘scheduled castes and scheduled tribes,’ and have long been treated as ‘untouchable.’
According to the 1991 census, scheduled castes, including Dalits, made up 16 percent and scheduled tribes made up 8 percent of the population.