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VarmÄ, Verma, Varman, or Burman are surnames found in India and Southeast Asia. These surnames are commonly used by people of different castes and ethnic groups across the region. These surnames are commonly used by people of different castes and ethnic groups across the region.
State Mahadalit Commission is a government body set up by the Government of Bihar to identify the castes within Scheduled Castes who lagged behind in the development process and to study educational and social status and to suggest measures for their upliftment. The commission was set up in 2007.
This article has the list of Schedule Castes in Bihar. List ... Caste Population %age of total SC population Bantar: 101,223 0.78% Bauri: 2,096 0.02% Bhogta: 12,659
Bihar government has set different codes for 215 different castes of the state. [24] [25] The sub-categories of a particular caste concerned have been merged into one single social entity, [26] and they have one numerical caste code for use during the month-long second phase of caste-based headcount. [27]
Jagdish Mahto, the founder of Naxalism in the state of Bihar. He was the leader of 1970 Bhojpur uprising. [82] Jagdeo Prasad, a socialist leader and former Deputy Chief Minister in the Government of Bihar. [83] Upendra Nath Verma, participated in Indian Independence movement. He served as a Union Minister in the cabinet of Vishwanath Pratap ...
The caste-based polarisation in Bihar and other states moved the dominant Backwards castes away from the Rashtriya Janata Dal and distributed their votes to other political parties. Koeris, who were one of the most-populous caste groups, were shifted first towards the JD (U)-BJP coalition.
The Upper Backward Caste is a term used to describe the middle castes in Bihar, whose social and ritual status was not very low and which have traditionally been involved in the agricultural and animal husbandry related activities in the past. They have also been involved in low scale trade to some extent.
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. Since these four castes were better placed than rest of the Dalit communities, in terms of taking benefits of the reservation policy of the government, and were more politically conscious, a ...