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The 2022 Bihar Caste Based Survey was notified by the Government of Bihar on 6 June 2022 by gazette notification after a Supreme Court ruling. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The survey was conducted in two phases, house listing and caste and economic enumeration.
In 2023, Government of Bihar published the data of 2022 Bihar caste-based survey. The survey revealed several findings about the community. It showed that amongst the Forward Castes of Bihar, poverty was highest in Bhumihar caste. Out of total families of Bhumihars residing in state, 27.58% were poor (the community totally numbered 8,38,447 ...
The Nitish Kumar government in Bihar identified the most deprived of the Dalits, by categorising the Dalit castes into two categories. A new category of Mahadalits was created, containing castes on the state list of Scheduled Castes , other than the Dusadh , Chamar , Pasi and Dhobi caste.
The Chief Minister is the head of government and is vested with most of the executive powers. Patna is the capital of Bihar hence, it serves as the headquarter for almost all the departments. The Patna High Court, located in Patna, has jurisdiction over the whole state. The present legislative structure of Bihar is bicameral.
Raj Bhavan (from Hindi: Government House) [2] [3] is the official residence of the governor of the Indian state of Bihar. [4] [5] It is located in the state capital of Patna. Construction started in 1912 and was completed in 1917. [1] It was designed by New Zealand-born architect Joseph Fearis Munnings. [6]
Bihar Engineering University was established under Bihar Engineering University Act, 2021 of Bihar Government [203] with the purpose of the development and management of educational infrastructure related to technical, medical, management, and related professional education in Bihar. [204]
Structurally Bihar is divided into divisions (Pramandal - प्रमंडल)), districts (Zila), sub-divisions (Anumandal) & circles (Anchal). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The state is divided into 9 divisions, 38 districts, 101 subdivisions and 534 circles.
Bhumij means "one who is born from the soil" and it is derived from word bhūmi (a land or soil). [8] According to N. Ramaswani, the word is etymologically Bhūm-jo meaning "people originating from Bhum areas, i.e. Singhbhum, Dhalbhum, Manbhum, Barabhum, etc.", Dalton also had claimed that Bhumijs were the original inhabitants of Dhalbhum, Barabhum, Patkum and Baghmundi.