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The Bihar government spent nearly ₹5 billion rupees in this work from its contingency fund (Bihar Aakasmikta Nidhi), [10] Apart from government employees, Anganwadi workers and Jeevika Didi also worked to complete the survey till given target of May 2023. [11] A portal was prepared for caste-based enumeration in Bihar.
This article has the list of Schedule Castes in Bihar. List. The table has 22 castes designated as Schedule Caste in Bihar as of their population as per 2011 Census. [1]
Bhumihar, also locally called Bhuinhar [3] and Babhan [4], is a Hindu caste mainly found in Bihar (including the Mithila region), [5] the Purvanchal region of Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, the Bundelkhand region of Madhya Pradesh, and Nepal.
A report published by the Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation, titled Reports From The Flaming Fields Of Bihar, asserts that the unity with the middle peasant castes like the Koeris develops easily because of the position of these castes in the social hierarchy and their status in the rural power relation.
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.
Mahadalit is a term which was coined in 2007 by the government of Bihar for the poorest social groups within the Dalits [1]: 38 another called Aazad people who are original inhabitants of South Asian sub-continent. However, the term "Mahadalit" is not a part of the Indian constitutional terminology.
Bhojpur is an historical region in Bihar, known for its association with Ujjainiya Rajputs.The region is also known for the worst form of landlordism, which was the cause of the popular movement Bhojpur rebellion" led by newly-educated backward caste youths Jagdish Mahto, Rameswar Ahir, Ramnaresh Ram and Maharaj Mahto.
The Kewat are among the 17 OBC communities of Uttar Pradesh that have been proposed for Scheduled Caste status by the Samajwadi Party-controlled Government.However, this proposal, which relates to votebank politics and has been made in the past, has been stayed by the courts; a prior attempt was also rejected by the Government of India.