New Delhi: The Bihar authorities on Friday revealed the info of the caste based mostly census within the state. The info offers a statistical perception into completely different religions and castes that dwell within the state. Most individuals in Bihar are Hindus (81.99%) and Muslims (17.70%) whereas there are Christian (0.05%), Sikhs (0.011%), Budhist (0.0851%) and Jains (0.0096%). There are additionally completely different teams of individuals based mostly on their social standing and alternatives, essentially the most dominant teams are backward (27%), extraordinarily backward (36%), scheduled caste (19.65%) and scheduled tribe (1.6%).
These teams face extra difficulties and discrimination than others. Some teams are unreserved (16%), which suggests they don’t belong to any of the above teams. A few of the commonest castes in Bihar are Yadavs (14%), Brahmins (3.6%), Rajputs (3.4%), Kurmis (2.8%), Kushwahas (4.2%), Telis (2.8%) and Bhumihars (2.8%). Musahars are a really poor and marginalized caste, and so they make up solely 3% of the inhabitants.
CM Nitish Kumar Congratulates Staff Behind Caste Primarily based Survey
Taking to Twitter, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar contgratulated all the workforce behind caste based mostly survey. He mentioned,”Immediately, on the auspicious event of Gandhi Jayanti, the info of caste based mostly census performed in Bihar has been printed. Many congratulations to all the workforce engaged within the work of caste based mostly enumeration! The proposal for caste based mostly enumeration was handed unanimously within the Legislature.”
आज गांधी जयंती के शुभ अवसर पर बिहार में कराई गई जाति आधारित गणना के आंकड़े प्रकाशित कर दिए गए हैं। जाति आधारित गणना के कार्य में लगी हुई पूरी टीम को बहुत-बहुत बधाई !
जाति आधारित गणना के लिए सर्वसम्मति से विधानमंडल में प्रस्ताव पारित किया गया था।…
— Nitish Kumar (@NitishKumar) October 2, 2023
“It was determined with the consent of all of the 9 events of Bihar Meeting that the state authorities will conduct caste based mostly census from its personal sources and its approval was given from the Council of Ministers on 02-06-2022. On this foundation, the state authorities has performed caste based mostly census from its personal sources. Caste based mostly census not solely revealed the castes but additionally gave details about the financial situation of everybody. On this foundation, additional motion shall be taken for the event and upliftment of all sections. Quickly a gathering of the identical 9 events of Bihar Meeting shall be known as relating to the caste based mostly census performed in Bihar and they are going to be knowledgeable concerning the outcomes of the caste based mostly census,” his tweet additional mentioned.
Giriraj Singh Criticises Caste Census
Union Minister Giriraj Singh, criticized the caste-based census. He mentioned that it was executed to confuse and mislead the poor individuals. He additionally mentioned that the individuals who have been ruling Bihar for a very long time ought to inform everybody what they’ve executed for the state. He mentioned that they haven’t executed something good for Bihar.
बिहार में जातीय ‘गणित’ पर गरमाई सियासत, केंद्रीय मंत्री गिरिराज सिंह ने कहा-‘जनता में भ्रम फैलाने की कोशिश’#CasteCensus #Bihar #BiharCasteCensus #GirirajSingh | @ramm_sharma @anchorjiya pic.twitter.com/uDIcHJxJC6
— Zee Information (@ZeeNews) October 2, 2023
Giriraj mentioned, “They (RJD-JDU alliance) ought to have given a report card of the work executed by Nitish Kumar and Lalu Yadav, however as an alternative they’ve issued this report of caste survey which is able to do nothing apart from creating an phantasm amongst the general public.”
