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This is a list of Scheduled Castes in India. The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes are those considered the most socio-economic disadvantaged in India, and are officially defined in the Constitution of India in order to aid equality initiatives.
The following list shows the 33 largest Scheduled Tribes according to the Census in India 2011 (76% ≈ 80 of a total of 104 million members) with their population development (population explosion from +25%), their proportions and their gender distribution (number of female relatives per 1000 male) as well as the populated states/territories ...
Agri (caste) Aheria; Ahirwar; Ahluwalia (caste) All India Kurmi Kshatriya Mahasabha; All India Vaishya Federation; Ambalavasi; Ambattar; Andhra Vaishnavas; Arora; Arunattu Vellalar; Asati; Asur people; Attar (caste)
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The evolution of the lower caste and tribe into the modern-day Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe is complex. The caste system as a stratification of classes in India originated about 2,000 years ago, and has been influenced by dynasties and ruling elites, including the Mughal Empire and the British Raj.
Irfan Habib, an Indian historian, states that Abu al-Fazl's Ain-i Akbari provides a historical record and census of the Jat peasant caste of Hindus in northern India, where the tax-collecting noble classes , the armed cavalry and infantry (warrior class) doubling up as the farming peasants (working class), were all of the same Jat caste in the ...
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Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India; Ministry of Home Affairs (2001). State Primary Census Abstract (PCA) for Individual Scheduled Caste (SC) A- 10 (PDF) (Report). censusindia.gov.in