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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]
Rajputs in National [70] [71] as well as State [72] OBC list of Karnataka. Lodhi Rajputs in states of Assam, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Telangana only and except these states they are notified as Forward Caste. [73] Bishnoi/Vishnoi in only State [74] OBC list in Rajasthan State.
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. The state registered 21.4 percent growth in the Scheduled Tribe population between 1991 and 2001. [1]
(1) The President may with respect to any State or Union Territory and where it is a State after consultation with the Governor thereof, by public notification specify the castes, races or tribes or parts of or groups within castes, races or tribes which shall for the purposes of this Constitution be deemed to be Scheduled Castes in relation to ...
Koli caste of Gujarat The Thakor Koli, or Thakarda Koli, is a subcaste of the Koli caste of Gujarat. Koli people form the largest caste-cluster in Gujarat, comprising 24 per cent of the total population of the state. Koli Thakors in Gujarat are classified as Other Backward Class (OBC). During his tenure, the former chief minister, Koli community member Madhav Singh Solanki, included all Koli ...
Over 48 per cent of the Indian rural population is female. [66] 44.72 crore Indians are non-literate, more than a third of its 121.08 crore population. [67] Transgender people comprise 0.1% of India's rural population. The Andaman and Nicobar islands, West Bengal, Gujarat, Odisha and Mizoram have the highest proportions of transgender people.
In India, the Other Backward Caste (OBC) status invokes affirmative action which provides reserved quotas in education and government jobs.In Gujarat, 27% of the seats in government and education are reserved for OBC, 7.5% for Scheduled Castes and 15% for Scheduled Tribes for a total of 49.5% of all seats.
They are listed among the Other Backward Classes of Gujarat. [65] A few scholars believe that the Leva Kunbis (or Kambis) of Gujarat, a section of the Patidars, are possibly of Gurjar origin. [66] [67] However, several others state that the Patidars are Kurmis or Kunbis (Kanbis); [68] Gurjars are included in the OBC list in Gujarat but Patidars ...