Bihar Caste Survey: JDU calls release of data ‘historic’, BJP criticises | Know all | Oneindia News

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Bihar Caste Survey: JDU calls release of data ‘historic’, BJP criticises | Know all | Oneindia News

The Nitish Kumar government in Bihar has released findings of its much-awaited caste survey which revealed that OBCs and EBCs constitute a whopping 63% of the state’s total population.

With this Bihar has become the first state to release data from the caste-based survey.

The report indicates that 36% of the population is from Extremely Backward Classes, 27.1% are from Backward Classes, 19.7% are from Scheduled Castes and 1.7% are from Scheduled Tribes.

The general population is 15.5%.

The state's total population is over 13.1 crore.

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