Alarming poverty levels beset Bihar's
Bhumihars, considered the biggest land-owing caste in the general category, and more than a quarter of the ruling Yadavs and Kurmis face deep deprivation, the state's caste survey data suggests. SCs and STs are the poorest overall.
According to the report, 27.6% of the Bhumihar families are in the poor category, meaning they have a monthly income of less than Rs 6,000.
Others in general-category poor areSheikhs (25.8%), followed by Brahmin (25.3%), Rajput (24.9%), Pathan-Khan (22.2%), Syed (17.6%) and Kayastha (13.8%). The poverty level is 42.9% in SCs and 42.7% in STs. It is 33.6% among extremely backward castes (EBCs), 33.2% in backward castes (BCs) and 25.1% in the general category. Poverty among the rest is 23.7%.
Bhumihars, considered the biggest land-owing caste in the general category, and more than a quarter of the ruling Yadavs and Kurmis face deep deprivation, the state's caste survey data suggests. SCs and STs are the poorest overall.
According to the report, 27.6% of the Bhumihar families are in the poor category, meaning they have a monthly income of less than Rs 6,000.
Others in general-category poor areSheikhs (25.8%), followed by Brahmin (25.3%), Rajput (24.9%), Pathan-Khan (22.2%), Syed (17.6%) and Kayastha (13.8%). The poverty level is 42.9% in SCs and 42.7% in STs. It is 33.6% among extremely backward castes (EBCs), 33.2% in backward castes (BCs) and 25.1% in the general category. Poverty among the rest is 23.7%.
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