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This article has the list of Schedule Castes in Bihar. ... The table has 22 castes designated as Schedule Caste in Bihar as of their population as per 2011 Census. [1]
The castes of Bihar are divided into Forward Castes, Other Backward Class, Extremely Backward Caste, Schedule Caste and Schedule Tribes. There exists a category among the Schedule Castes called Mahadalit, which was created by the Nitish Kumar government to identify more socio-economic backward groups among the Schedule Castes.
The digital work for caste-based enumeration in Bihar was entrusted to a Delhi-based company Trigyn Technologies. [12] The survey counted the 214 castes on Bihar government list. [13] According to the list, 22 were counted in Scheduled Castes, 32 in Scheduled Tribes, 30 in Backward Classes, 113 in Extremely Backward Classes and 7 in Upper Castes.
Pages in category "Scheduled Castes of Bihar" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The party though headed in Bihar by a lower-backward caste leader Karpoori Thakur, consolidated the upper-backward castes. The latter were conspicuous to share power within the Party with the upper-caste, and the social structure of the Lok Dal even provided the Lohiaite upper-caste leaders to play a second fiddle within the party.
Scheduled Castes of Bihar (18 P) Scheduled Tribes of Bihar (5 P) Pages in category "Social groups of Bihar" The following 76 pages are in this category, out of 76 total.
In Bihar, Lohar caste comes under Other Backward Class (OBC) and has been categorized in sub-category of OBC called Extremely Backward Castes (EBC). As per a ruling by Supreme Court of India, Lohar or Lohara community is not the same as ‘Lohra or Lohara’, which belongs to the Schedule Tribe category in several districts.
Dalits in Bihar are a social group composed of many Scheduled Castes, placed at the bottom of the "caste-based social order".The Dalits also include some of the erstwhile untouchable castes, who suffered various forms of oppression in the feudal-agrarian society of Bihar.