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Download as PDF; Printable version ... The table has 22 castes designated as Schedule Caste in Bihar as of their population as per 2011 Census. [1] Caste Population ...
Bihar government has set different codes for 215 different castes of the state. [24] [25] The sub-categories of a particular caste concerned have been merged into one single social entity, [26] and they have one numerical caste code for use during the month-long second phase of caste-based headcount. [27]
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Scheduled Castes of Bihar, India Pages in category "Scheduled Castes of Bihar" The following 18 pages are in this category ...
State Mahadalit Commission is a government body set up by the Government of Bihar to identify the castes within Scheduled Castes who lagged behind in the development process and to study educational and social status and to suggest measures for their upliftment. The commission was set up in 2007.
They have also been involved in low scale trade to some extent. The Koeri, Kurmi, Yadav, and Bania are categorised as the upper-backwards amongst the Other Backward Class group; [1] while the various other caste groups which constitute the OBC, a group comprising 51% of the population of state of Bihar, have been classified as lower backwards ...
The caste-based polarisation in Bihar and other states moved the dominant Backwards castes away from the Rashtriya Janata Dal and distributed their votes to other political parties. Koeris, who were one of the most-populous caste groups, were shifted first towards the JD (U)-BJP coalition.
Rashmi Verma, Indian politician and member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly; Ravi Verma, science administrator with a focus on AIDS and other social and public health issues; Ravi Prakash Verma, Indian politician and member of the Rajya Sabha; Rekha Verma, Indian politician and member of the sixteenth Lok Sabha
Bihar has a total literacy rate of 63.82% (73.39% for males and 53.33% for females), recording a growth of 20% in female literacy over the preceding decade. According to the 2011 census, 82.7% of Bihar's population practised Hinduism, while 16.9% followed Islam. [4] Bihar has highest fertility rate of 3.41 in comparison to the other states of ...