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  2. Upper Backward Castes of Bihar - Wikipedia

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    The Koeri, Kurmi, Yadav, and Bania are categorised as the upper-backwards amongst the Other Backward Class group; [1] while the various other caste groups which constitute the OBC, a group comprising 51% of the population of state of Bihar, have been classified as lower backwards. The upper-backwards, also called upper OBC, represent ...

  3. List of Muslim Other Backward Classes communities in India

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    21 Only Muslim Mochis are in the OBC list, the Hindu section have Scheduled Caste status. 22 caste mahigeer faruki ob list Explanation: In the above list for Uttar Pradesh for all castes linked with traditional hereditary occupations, except those entered with specific mention of name of religion, are included, irrespective of whether their ...

  4. Backward Caste movement in Bihar - Wikipedia

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    Subordination and discrimination comprised the characteristics which defined agrarian relations in Bihar during the Mughal and East India Company period. Land holding defined the hierarchy of castes in agrarian society where the upper-castes which included Brahmin, Bhumihar and Rajputs worked for the Mughal central authority and were involved in the collection of land revenue and quelling any ...

  5. Other Backward Class - Wikipedia

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    However, the OBC consolidation in some of the states of north India like Bihar, left many other OBC communities away from the development process. The political and economic prosperity was cornered by the dominant Backward Castes like Koeri , Kurmi and Yadav ; this was witnessed in the formation of political blocs in the state after 1995, in ...

  6. Reservation policy in Bihar - Wikipedia

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    The quota for STs, however, is proposed to be slashed from 10% to 2%. With most of the tribal areas going to Jharkhand after the bifurcation of Bihar in 2000, the tribal population in Bihar is less than 2%. Bihar Government issued gazette notifications for raising the quota to 75% after Governor Rajendra Arlekar gave his assent to two bills. [9]

  7. Dhobi - Wikipedia

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    OBC: Assam: Dhupi In 2001, Assam's Dhupi population was at 49,929, accounting for 2.7% of the total Scheduled Class (SC) population. [13] A high of 27.9% of this population was urban. The literacy rate among this group was 76%, above both the state figure (66.8%) and the aggregated national figure (54.7%) for SCs. SC: Bihar: Dhobi, Rajak

  8. Bind (caste) - Wikipedia

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    Bind is a large non-Aryan caste of Bihar in upper India, employed in agriculture, earthwork, fishing, hunting, making saltpetre, and collecting indigenous drugs. Traditions current among the caste profess to trace their origin to the Vindhya Hills of Central India ; and one of these legends tells how a traveller passing by the foot of the hills ...

  9. Malik clan (Bihar) - Wikipedia

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    In 2008, Maliks were included in the list of Other Backward Class in Bihar. [9] [10] [11] All India Pasmanda Muslim Mahaz, All India Federation of OBC Implies, Mulniwasi Sangh, Santyashodak Samiti and other backward muslim organisations striked against the inclusion. [12] Later, Maliks were made General caste in Bihar after protests.