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The term "Scheduled Tribes" signifies specific indigenous groups whose status is formally acknowledged to some extent by Indian legislation, often colloquially referred to as "tribals" or "adibasi." In adherence to the Constitution of the Indian Republic, the state of Odisha officially recognizes a total of 64 distinct tribes as Scheduled Tribes.
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Khandayat, also spelled Khandait, is a cultivating caste, [2] [3] as well as a peasant militia [3] or landed militia caste from Odisha, East India. [4] [5] Some of them had earlier served as feudal chiefs as well as zamindars apart from being land holders and agriculturalists.
The Tribal Research Institute of Government of India recommended against this proposal, claiming they are a sub-caste of the Kunbi and thus different to tribal people. [ 21 ] [ 22 ] [ 23 ] Therefore, In 2015, the Government of India refused to approve the recommendation of Jharkhand government to list the Kudmi Mahato as Schedule Tribe.
According to the 2011 Census, 1,205,099 people in Odisha constituting 17.7% of the total SC population, were members of this caste. It was the most populous of the scheduled castes of Odisha. [ 1 ] The Pano have the maximum population in Jajpur district , followed by Kendujhar district and Dhenkanal district , but they constitute the highest ...
The first caste census was conducted in India in 1881. [35] [36] In January 2017, Central Government accepted recommendations to use Socio-Economic Caste Census, instead of poverty line, as the main instrument for identification of beneficiaries and transferring of funds for social schemes in rural areas. [37]
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Free education to Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) students as determined by lottery. [58] [59] Akankshya Yojana: 21 December 2015: SC&ST Development & Minorities & Backward Classes welfare Department: Tribal Development: Hostels for Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) students in higher education fields [60] [61] Ahar Yojana