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This articles contains a list Scheduled Caste communities and their population according to the 2011 Census of India in the state of Gujarat. [1] They constitutes the population of 40,74,447 or 6.74% of total population of the state. The Government of Gujarat recognises 35 castes under the category. [2]
The population of Gujarat in the 2011 Census of India was 60,439,692. Of this, 8,917,174 people belong to one of the Scheduled Tribes (STs), constituting 14.75 percent of the total population.
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Patidar (Gujarati: Pāṭīdār [1]), formerly known as Kanbi (Gujarati: Kaṇabī [2]), is an Indian land-owning and peasant caste and community native to Gujarat. The community comprises at multiple subcastes, most prominently the Levas and Kadvas. They form one of the dominant castes in Gujarat.
The community along with the Bhatia also were the first to form a caste association. The caste association's aim was mutual help and support for members in the cities and to promote education. [8] In the 19th century, most Audichya Brahmins were priests who lived on alms. The Audichya Brahmins founded first caste reform organisations in Ahmedabad.
The Gujarati people, or Gujaratis, are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group who reside in or can trace their ancestry or heritage to a region of the Indian subcontinent primarily centered in the present-day western Indian state of Gujarat. They primarily speak Gujarati, an Indo-Aryan language.
Gujarati people - People of the Gujarati ethnic group, mainly from the state of Gujarat in India, and parts of Pakistan or having ancestors originating from the region. Contents Top
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