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This articles contains a list Scheduled Caste communities and their population according to the 2011 Census of India in the state of Gujarat. [1] They constitutes the population of 40,74,447 or 6.74% of total population of the state. The Government of Gujarat recognises 35 castes under the category. [2]
The population of Gujarat in the 2011 Census of India was 60,439,692. Of this, 8,917,174 people belong to one of the Scheduled Tribes (STs), constituting 14.75 percent of the total population.
This is a list of Scheduled Castes in India. The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes are those considered the most socio-economic disadvantaged in India, and are officially defined in the Constitution of India in order to aid equality initiatives. The Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950 lists 1,109 castes across 28 states. [1]
Patidar (Gujarati: Pāṭīdār [1]), formerly known as Kanbi (Gujarati: Kaṇabī [2]), is an Indian land-owning and peasant caste and community native to Gujarat. The community comprises at multiple subcastes, most prominently the Levas and Kadvas. They form one of the dominant castes in Gujarat.
Bhanushalis are mainly divided in to three sections, i.e Kutchi Bhanushalis and halari Bhanushali and Sindhi Bhanushalis. The Caste is vegetarian. Bhanushalis have 96 exogamous sub divisions, some of them are: Mangey, Vadore, Gajra, Gori, Bhadra, Nanda, Harbala etc. [2]
Gujarat is inhabited by people belonging to varied castes, religions, and communities. Due to that, a number of varied languages are spoken in the state. The official language of the state is Gujarati. It is an Indo-Aryan language derived from Sanskrit. Gujarati is the 26th-most widely spoken language in the world.
The Bhavsar community in Gujarat speak Gujarati, [7] those in Maharashtra speak Marathi and those in Rajasthan speak a Rajasthani dialect, [8] and the rest speak Hindi, apart from the local language but the Gujarati speaking and Marathi speaking Bhavsars were traditionally endogamous.
The community along with the Bhatia also were the first to form a caste association. The caste association's aim was mutual help and support for members in the cities and to promote education. [8] In the 19th century, most Audichya Brahmins were priests who lived on alms. The Audichya Brahmins founded first caste reform organisations in Ahmedabad.