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District wise Scheduled Tribes demographic map of West Bengal. More than half of the total ST population of the state is concentrated in Medinipur, Jalpaiguri, Purulia, and Bardhaman districts. Of the remaining districts, Bankura, Malda, Uttar Dinajpur, and Dakshin Dinajpur have sizable ST population. [3]
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Upendra Nath Biswas, former joint director and Minister (East) of the CBI, MLA from Bagdah and former Minister of Backward Classes & Welfare of Government of West Bengal. (2011–16) [ 2 ] Mukunda Behari Mullick , former lawyer, professor of Pali, senate member in Calcutta University , founder of All Bengal Namasudra Association, MLA and ...
Baishya Kapali (Bengali: বৈশ্য কাপালি) is a Bengali Hindu agricultural caste found in the Indian state of West Bengal and in Bangladesh.From the 1960s, a section of the Kapali caste embraced 'Baishya Kapali' as their caste name, which remains a matter of dispute to date.
They are included in the list of Other Backward Classes in the States of Jharkhand, [16] West Bengal [17] and Odisha. [ 18 ] [ 19 ] In 2004, the Government of Jharkhand recommended that they should be listed as a Scheduled Tribe rather than Other Backward Class . [ 20 ]
Forward caste (or General caste) [1] is a term used in India to denote castes which are not listed in SC, ST or OBC reservation lists. They are on average considered ...
Gandhabanik (Bengali: গন্ধবণিক) is a Bengali Hindu trading caste, who as the caste name suggests, traditionally used to trade in perfumes, cosmetics, spices etc. [1] [2] They were also engaged in agriculture. [3] [4] As of late nineteenth century they were one of the fourteen castes belonging to Nabasakh group. [5]
Mahishya (IAST: Māhiṣya) is a Bengali Hindu traditionally agrarian caste, [1] [2] and formed the largest caste in undivided Bengal. [3] Mahisyas were, and still are, extremely diverse caste consisting of all possible classes in terms of material conditions and ranks. [4] [5]