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The 2022 Bihar Caste Based Survey was notified by the Government of Bihar on 6 June 2022 by gazette notification after a Supreme Court ruling. [3] [4] The survey was conducted in two phases, house listing and caste and economic enumeration.
They have also been involved in low scale trade to some extent. 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 ...
Kurmi is traditionally a non-elite tiller caste in the lower Gangetic plain of India, especially southern regions of Awadh, eastern Uttar Pradesh and parts of Bihar and Jharkhand. [1] The Kurmis came to be known for their exceptional work ethic, superior tillage and manuring, and gender-neutral culture, bringing praise from Mughal and British ...
The Sainthwar, or Mall, [1] is an Indian caste of peasants [2] native to the Uttar Pradesh state. [3] Under the Indian governments system of positive discrimination, the Sainthwars are classified as a "Backward" or Other backward class. [4] The Sainthwars are closely related to the Kurmis, [2] and are sometimes described as a division of the ...
The organization today is active in raising issues related to the Thakur and Rajput community. For example, in 2004, they launched a major campaign for release of various Thakur caste members jailed by the Mayavati government. [26] The organization has a strong presence in Bihar. [27]
In the medieval period, they claim to have helped the Rajput kings in the fight against Mughals. Consequently, with the defeat of Hindu Rajas, they were harassed by the other rulers including the Mughals and this led them to migrate to the different parts of the country which include present-day Himachal Pradesh , Bihar and Uttar Pradesh .
The various Koeris' subcastes, like the Kachhi and the Murao, also claimed descent from Kusha, but no attempt to merge these two groups (Kurmi and Koeri) ever occurred. [13] The first Kurmi caste association was formed in Lucknow in 1894 to protest the decision of the colonial government to reduce the quota in the police for the recruitment of ...
[1] [2] The surname is used in North India by and some of the groups among cluster of castes called Kayasthas. [3] However, in the same region along with Central India, it mostly be found among castes like Lodhi Rajput , [ 4 ] Kurmis , [ 5 ] Jats [ 6 ] and Koeris.