Enumerator staff collects informations from residents during the caste-based census survey, in Patna, Bihar.
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The Bihar Government on October 2 released a report on the caste-based survey it had conducted amid a case pending in the Supreme Court on the validity of such a survey.
According to the report released by Development Commissioner Vivek Singh, Bihar has 36% Extremely Backward Class (EBC) population while Other Backward Class (OBC) population is 27.13%.
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Hindus population in the State is 81.99 % while Muslim population is 17.70%.
Scheduled Caste (SC) population is 19.65%, while the Yadavs constitute 14%, Musahars are 3% and Brahmins are 3.65% .
It’s all compiled data and no analysis has been done yet on these data, said Mr. Singh while releasing the caste survey report.
The Bihar Government launched a two-phase caste survey on January 7. The survey recorded the economic status of families alongside their caste, and has estimatedly collected socio-economic data for a population of 12.70 crore in the 38 districts of Bihar.
The Union Government in 2011 had undertaken a survey of castes through the Socio-Economic and Caste Census of 2011 (SECC-2011). However, the data was never made public.
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