The on Monday released its The controversial and much-awaited caste-based survey results were released by the Bihar government. The report revealed that Other backward castes (OBCs) and Extremely Backward castes (EBCs) constitute 63 per cent of the state’s population.
The survey report released by the Bihar government suggested that the state’s population stood a little over 13.07 crores, of which the Extremely Backward Castes with 36 per cent is the largest followed by the OBCs which is 27.13 per cent.
The Data: The Yadavs are the largest in terms of population in the OBC category. The reports also revealed that the Dalits account for 19.65 and Scheduled Tribes (ST) is 1.68 per cent of the total population in the state.
The majority community Hindu is 81.99 per cent while in the minority, Muslims 17.7 per cent. The other religions in the minority community are less than one per cent of the total population which includes Christians, Sikhs, and Jains.
The caste-based census has been a major political issue. Earlier Bihar assembly passed a resolution twice in February 2019 and again in February 2020. The resolution was also sent to the central government with a request to hold a census based on caste. However, demand was triggered in 2022 after the Centre clarified that it has no plans to hold surveys based on castes other than Scheduled Tribe and Scheduled castes.