List of Scheduled Castes in Bihar

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This article has the list of Schedule Castes in Bihar. As of 2011 census of India, they make up 15.9% of state's population.

List

  1. Bantar
  2. Bauri
  3. Bhogta
  4. Bhuiya
  5. Bhumij
  6. Chamar, Mochi, Chamar-Rabidas, Chamar-Ravidas, Chamar-Rohidas, Charmarkar
  7. Chaupal
  8. Dabgar
  9. Dhobi, Rajak
  10. Dom, Dhangad, Bansphor, Dharikar, Dharkar, Domra
  11. Dusadh, Dhari, Dharhi
  12. Ghasi
  13. Halalkhor
  14. Hari, Mehtar, Bhangi
  15. Kanjar
  16. Kurariar
  17. Lalbegi
  18. Musahar
  19. Nat
  20. Pan, Sawasi, Panr
  21. Pasi
  22. Rajwar
  23. Turi

Demographics

Community wise[1]

More information Scheduled Castes, Total population ...
Scheduled Castes Total population
Code Caste Population %age of total

SC population

001 Bantar 135,175 0.816
002 Bauri 2,233 0.013
003 Bhogta 15,103 0.091
004 Bhuiya 716,269 4.323
005 Bhumij 1,567 0.009
006 Chamar 4,900,048 29.576
007 Chaupal 79,728 0.481
008 Dabgar 5,488 0.033
009 Dhobi 747,528 4.512
010 Domba, (including Chandala) 194,596 1.175
011 Dusadh, Paswan 4,945,165 29.849
012 Ghasi 354 0.002
013 Halalkhor 5,435 0.033
014 Hari, Mehtar 207,549 1.253
015 Kanjar 2,760 0.017
016 Kurariyar, Kureel 10,269 0.062
017 Lal Begi 1,039 0.008
018 Musahar 2,725,114 16.449
019 Nat 58,819 0.355
020 Pano 2,195 0.013
021 Pasi 880,738 5.316
022 Rajuar 285,485 1.723
023 Turi 30,497 0.184
Generic castes, etc 614,171 3.707
TOTAL 16,567,325 100.00%
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District wise

More information District, Scheduled Castes ...
District Scheduled Castes
Name Population
(2011)		 Popoulation %age Top 5 largest (by pop)
Araria 2,811,569 382,684 13.61 Musahar (203,983); Dusadh (85,915); Chamar (36,190); Bantar (16,566); Dhobi (9,136)
Arwal 699,000 141,314 20.22 Dusadh (51,307); Chamar (41,515); Pasi (15,665); Rajwar (10,178); Musahar (9,999)
Aurangabad 2,540,073 612,064 24.09 Chamar (208,280); Dusadh (197,761); Bhuiya (87,886); Dhobi (41,467); Rajwar (24,656)
Banka 2,034,763 247,858 12.18 Chamar (123,723); Dusadh (37,281); Musahar (19,462); Dhobi (15,871); Dom (11,561)
Begusarai 2,970,541 432,270 14.55 Dusadh (232,118); Chamar (67,981); Musahar (56,096); Dhobi (29,079); Pasi (24,745)
Bhagalpur 3,037,766 318,569 10.49 Chamar (117,831); Dusadh (94,570); Musahar (31,738); Dhobi (26,161); Pasi (14,850)
Bhojpur 2,728,407 425,402 15.59 Dusadh (141,646); Chamar (140,648); Musahar (48,578); Pasi (27,400); Dhobi (24,400)
Buxar 1,706,352 251,737 14.75 Chamar (147,807); Dusadh (56,320); Dhobi (13,117); Musahar (8,810); Pasi (7,354)
Darbhanga 3,937,385 615,688 15.64 Dusadh (229,466); Chamar (131,712); Musahar (124,249); Chaupal (29,263); Bantar (26,368)
East Champaran 5,099,371 649,726 12.74 Chamar (261,962); Dusadh (204,944); Musahar (71,818); Dhobi (56,646); Pasi (12,622)
Gaya 4,391,418 1,334,351 30.38 Bhuiya (581,749); Dusadh (235,076); Chamar (214,567); Pasi (121,214); Musahar (70,299)
Gopalganj 2,562,012 320,064 12.49 Chamar (174,493); Dusadh (64,717); Dhobi (31,470); Musahar (19,483); Pasi (4,874)
Jamui 1,760,405 302,649 17.19 Musahar (104,852); Chamar (89,105); Dusadh (51,581); Dhobi (13,118); Pasi (12,225)
Jehanabad 1,125,313 222,974 19.81 Dusadh (60,759); Chamar (63,524); Musahar (52,304); Pasi (28,246); Dhobi (3,110)
Khagaria 1,666,886 247,161 14.83 Musahar (101,034); Dusadh (68,988); Chamar (48,721); Dhobi (13,586); Pasi (3,554)
Kishanganj 1,690,400 113,118 6.69 Hari (32,877); Musahar (23,466); Dusadh (14,512); Chaupal (11,047); Chamar (9,961)
Kaimur 1,626,384 369,088 22.69 Chamar (234,424); Dusadh (53,416); Pasi (22,026); Musahar (19,391); Dhobi (15,067)
Katihar 3,071,029 263,100 8.57 Musahar (80,550); Dusadh (51,452); Hari (49,918); Chamar (33,243); Dhobi (10,140)
Lakhisarai 1,000,912 153,209 15.31 Dusadh (51,228); Musahar (50,771); Chamar (21,131); Dhobi (11,681); Pasi (8,361)
Madhubani 4,487,379 587,158 13.08 Dusadh (200,378); Chamar (161,254); Musahar (133,715); Dhobi (24,001); Dom (9,162)
Munger 1,367,765 183,846 13.44 Dusadh (63,353); Musahar (44,795); Chamar (39,645); Dhobi (11,599); Pasi (9,313)
Madhepura 2,001,762 346,275 17.30 Musahar (174,453); Chamar (66,081); Dusadh (60,342); Bantar (17,282); Dhobi (10,566)
Muzaffarpur 4,801,062 751,975 15.66 Chamar (277,723); Dusadh (259,972); Musahar (76,425); Dhobi (44,170); Bantar (43,487)
Nalanda 2,877,653 607,672 21.11 Dusadh (251,103); Chamar (125,212); Musahar (94,843); Pasi (84,551); Dhobi (12,466)
Nawada 2,219,146 565,112 25.46 Rajwar (156,770); Musahar (155,497); Pasi (85,106); Chamar (72,639); Dusadh (49,118)
Patna 5,838,465 920,918 15.77 Dusadh (343,150); Chamar (239,272); Musahar (118,864); Pasi (112,726); Dhobi (37,607)
Purnia 3,264,619 390,991 11.98 Musahar (209,448); Dusadh (68,352); Chamar (39,308); Hari (16,726); Dhobi (10,227)
Rohtas 2,959,918 549,546 18.57 Chamar (211,095); Dusadh (187,674); Dhobi (33,111); Pasi (29,077); Rajwar (27,237)
Saharsa 1,900,661 317,249 16.69 Musahar (153,497); Dusadh (64,926); Chamar (62,566); Dhobi (11,314); Pasi (10,518)
Samastipur 4,261,566 803,128 18.85 Dusadh (367,316); Chamar (229,926); Musahar (83,541); Pasi (42,054); Dhobi (34,381)
Sheohar 656,246 96,655 14.73 Chamar (36,811); Dusadh (34,286); Musahar (9,869); Dhobi (9,523); Pasi (1,097)
Sheikhpura 634,927 131,115 20.65 Dusadh (51,500); Musahar (33,436); Chamar (21,084); Pasi (17,785); Dhobi (2,925)
Saran 3,951,862 474,066 11.99 Chamar (215,656); Dusadh (156,219); Dhobi (19,372); Pasi (20,034); Musahar (12,948)
Sitamarhi 3,423,574 405,714 11.85 Dusadh (145,611); Chamar (133,477); Musahar (55,836); Dhobi (39,249); Pasi (9,355)
Supaul 2,229,076 354,249 15.89 Musahar (107,186); Chamar (81,413); Dusadh (79,470); Bantar (56,384); Dhobi (6,979)
Siwan 3,330,464 386,685 11.61 Chamar (217,088); Dusadh (95,033); Dhobi (24,363); Pasi (10,123); Musahar (8,636)
Vaishali 3,495,021 738,031 21.12 Dusadh (393,182); Chamar (219,891); Musahar (41,849); Dhobi (31,787); Pasi (25,594)
West Champaran 3,935,042 553,944 14.08 Chamar (283,082); Musahar (97,831); Dusadh (91,123); Dhobi (29,171); Dom (12,232)
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Religion wise[2]

More information Scheduled Castes, Total population (2011) ...
Scheduled Castes Total population

(2011)

 Population by religion
Hinduism Sikhism Buddhism
Bantar 135,175 135,160 10 5
Bauri 2,233 2,233 0 0
Bhogta 15,103 15,099 2 2
Bhuiya 716,269 716,106 83 80
Bhumij 1,567 1,567 0 0
Chamar 4,900,048 4,898,020 484 1,544
Chaupal 79,728 79,720 6 2
Dabgar 5,488 5,488 0 0
Dhobi 747,528 747,293 67 168
Domba, (including Chandala) 194,596 194,539 11 46
Dusadh, Paswan 4,945,165 4,944,219 514 432
Ghasi 354 354 0 0
Halalkhor 5,435 5,431 3 1
Hari, Mehtar 207,549 207,512 26 11
Kanjar 2,760 2,759 1 0
Kurariyar, Kureel 10,269 10,269 0 0
Lal Begi 1,039 1,039 0 0
Musahar 2,725,114 27,24,809 196 109
Nat 58,819 58,776 35 8
Pano 2,195 2,193 1 1
Pasi 880,738 880,614 62 62
Rajuar 285,485 285,447 25 13
Turi 30,497 30,487 5 5
Generic castes, etc 614,171 614,011 64 96
TOTAL 16,567,325 16,563,145 1,595 2,585
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