The Socio-economic and Instructional Survey report positioned earlier than the Karnataka Cupboard on April 11 recognised 1,351 castes and sub-castes among the many surveyed inhabitants of 5.98 crore individuals within the state.
Popularly known as caste census, the survey by the Karnataka State Fee for Backward Courses enumerated sub-groups of varied castes within the state, recording 91 sub-castes among the many Lingayats and 49 sub-castes among the many Vokkaligas. Muslims have been categorised into 100 sub-castes, whereas Christians have been grouped into 58—one fewer than Brahmins, who’ve 59 sub-castes.
The survey discovered Lingayats and Voggaligas accounted for 21.3 per cent of Karnataka’s inhabitants. Earlier, there have been claims that these two dominant castes added up near a 3rd of the state’s inhabitants.
Among the many surveyed individuals, 66.35 lakh have been Lingayats. Veerashaiva Lingayat, Nolamba Lingayat, Panchamasali Lingayat, Veerashaiva, and Veerashaiva Mallavar are the distinguished sub-castes, including as much as near a fourth of the inhabitants of the caste group. The Lingayats are predominantly primarily based in Karnataka’s north and central districts and considerably influence practically 100 of the 224 seats within the Legislative Meeting.
The Lingayats represent 11 per cent of the state inhabitants and have been represented by two BJP chief ministers in recent times: B S Yediyurappa and Basavaraj Bommai. Additionally, distinguished Lingayat Congress, resembling M B Patil and Eshwar Khandre, are a part of the Siddaramaiah Cupboard.
The Panchamasali Lingayats are at the moment advocating for reservation underneath the Different Backward Courses (OBC) class, a motion led by MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal, who was just lately suspended from the BJP. With a inhabitants of roughly 6.33 lakh individuals, the Panchamasalis account for about one-tenth of the Lingayats.
Vokkaligas, although practically as populous because the Lingayats, have fewer sub-castes. The survey recognized 61.68 lakh members of the Vokkaliga caste, which incorporates distinguished sub-castes resembling Gowda and Reddy. They contribute to 10.3 per cent of the state’s inhabitants, primarily within the districts of the outdated Mysore area, resembling Mandya, Ramanagar, Kolar, Chikkaballapur, Hassan, Bengaluru Rural and Tumakuru.
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Over the previous twenty years, Janta Dal (Secular), led by former prime minister H D Deve Gowda and his son and Union minister H D Kumaraswamy, has been seen as a ‘Vokkaliga’ social gathering, primarily as a result of a majority of its legislators belong to this neighborhood.
One other distinguished caste group is Kuruba, from which Chief Minister Siddaramaiah hails. The whole inhabitants of Kurubas amongst these surveyed was 43.72 lakh or 7.3 per cent of the inhabitants.
With 76.99 lakh individuals among the many surveyed, Muslims shaped 12.9 per cent of the inhabitants within the state. There are 99 sub-groups or sects amongst Muslims, together with Shia Muslim, Pinjara, Bohra and Irani Muslim. As many as 59.51 lakh from the neighborhood recognized themselves as simply ‘Muslims’.
In contrast to Vokkaligas and Lingayats, concentrated particularly areas of the state, Muslims are distributed throughout the state, influencing comparatively fewer seats than the dominant communities.
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The survey discovered that Brahmins comprise 2.6 per cent of the state inhabitants. Christians, with a inhabitants of 9.04 lakh among the many surveyed, contribute to 1.5 per cent of the whole individuals within the state. Jains are a micro-community, forming 0.7 per cent of the state inhabitants.
The survey famous that 1.94 lakh individuals, or 0.22 per cent of the surveyed inhabitants, stated they didn’t belong to any castes, whereas 2.53 lakh, or 0.42 per cent, refused to reveal particulars about their caste id. The quantity of people that stated they didn’t know their caste was 1.94 lakh, or 0.32 per cent.
The primary such survey was commissioned in 2015 through the first time period of Siddaramaiah as chief minister. A particular Cupboard assembly is scheduled on April 17 to debate the newest survey report.