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The term "Scheduled Tribes" signifies specific indigenous groups whose status is formally acknowledged to some extent by Indian legislation, often colloquially referred to as "tribals" or "adibasi." In adherence to the Constitution of the Indian Republic, the state of Odisha officially recognizes a total of 64 distinct tribes as Scheduled Tribes.
In Odisha, 14% of them have middle educational level, about 13% have more. 60.9% of their children in the 5–14 years group were at school. 16.8% of the Pano workers were cultivators, 54.3% agricultural labourers, 4.2% HHI workers and 24.7% other workers. 16.89% of the total population of Kandhamal district are members of a scheduled caste.
Khandayat, also spelled Khandait, is a cultivating caste, [2] [3] as well as a peasant militia [3] or landed militia caste from Odisha, East India. [4] [5] Some of them had earlier served as feudal chiefs as well as zamindars apart from being land holders and agriculturalists.
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Free education to Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) students as determined by lottery. [58] [59] Akankshya Yojana: 21 December 2015: SC&ST Development & Minorities & Backward Classes welfare Department: Tribal Development: Hostels for Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) students in higher education fields [60] [61] Ahar Yojana
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The caste system consists of two different concepts, varna and jati, which may be regarded as different levels of analysis of this system. The caste system as it exists today is thought to be the result of developments during the collapse of the Mughal era and the rise of the British colonial government in India.
Social Welfare Department of Government of Karnataka may carry out a second round of caste census for 2.37 lakh families in Bengaluru, [72] as the survey covered only 18.8 lakh families out of total 21,16,949 families in Bengaluru, which accounts for 88.82%. [73] Kerala tops in the number of people with mental ailments in India. [74]