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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. The state registered 21.4 percent growth in the Scheduled Tribe population between 1991 and 2001. [1]
The Other Backward Class (OBC) is a collective term used by the Government of India to classify communities that are "educationally or socially backward" (i.e., disadvantaged). It is one of several official classifications of the population of India, along with general castes, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (SCs and STs).
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]
Other Backward Castes, excluding Muslim OBCs, comprised 48% of the total population of Gujarat. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] 147 communities were considered to be OBCs at the time of the election. [ 9 ] Scheduled tribes (primarily Adivasis ) comprised 15.5% of the population, while scheduled castes ( Dalits ) totalled 7%.
In India, the Other Backward Caste (OBC) status invokes affirmative action which provides reserved quotas in education and government jobs.In Gujarat, 27% of the seats in government and education are reserved for OBC, 7.5% for Scheduled Castes and 15% for Scheduled Tribes for a total of 49.5% of all seats.
Over 48 per cent of the Indian rural population is female. [66] 44.72 crore Indians are non-literate, more than a third of its 121.08 crore population. [67] Transgender people comprise 0.1% of India's rural population. The Andaman and Nicobar islands, West Bengal, Gujarat, Odisha and Mizoram have the highest proportions of transgender people.
The Anjana Chaudhari [1] (Hindi: आंजणा चौधरी) [2] is a caste in the Indian state of Gujarat. [3] The Anjana Chaudharis are farmer by profession, most of them are small cultivators. [4] Anjana Chaudharis of Gujarat also known as Anjana Patel in their area. [5]
In Gujarat, the Mochi caste is categorised as OBC in Bakshi Panch. The Mochi are involved in the manufacture of leather shoes. The community has a traditional caste council, as is common among many North Indian artisan communities. This caste council acts as an instrument of social control, by punishing those who contravene community norms.