THE JHARKHAND STORY DESK
New Delhi, Nov 7: The economic survey report was released by the Bihar government in the state assembly on Tuesday.
According to the economic survey report, Kayasthas hold the largest share of government jobs.
Four members of the Hindu community and three members of the Muslim community are among the seven castes that the Bihar government has classified as upper castes in the state.
The upper caste category in the Hindu community includes the Hindu, Brahmin, Bhumihar, Rajput, and Kayastha castes, while the Muslim community’s upper castes encompass the Sheikh, Pathan, and Sayyad groups.
The survey also stated that there are 52490 Kayastha people overall who work for the government or 6.68 per cent of them. In terms of government jobs, Bhumihar comes in second. A minimum of 4.99 per cent of Bhumihar’s population, or around 2 lakh people, work for the government whereas government jobs are held by 3.60 per cent of the Brahmin population in Bihar.
Around 3.81 per cent of the total Rajput population is employed in government jobs, and their number in government jobs is close to 2 lakh individuals.
Within the Muslim upper castes, 39595 members of the Sheikh caste hold government positions, representing 0.79% of the caste’s total population.
Regarding Pathans, 10517 individuals, or 1.07 per cent of the population, work for the government.
On the other hand, a minimum of 7,231 individuals from the Sayyad caste are employed in government positions, constituting 2.42 per cent of the total population.
Over a third of Bihar’s families were living in poverty, surviving on an income of Rs 6,000 or less per month, according to the comprehensive report of the caste survey.
As per the report, more than 42 per cent of families belonging to Scheduled Castes in Bihar are living in poverty, in contrast to 25 per cent of individuals from the General category. Approximately 42.70 per cent of families from the Scheduled Tribe category in Bihar also live in poverty.
The report underscored that 33.16 per cent of individuals in the Other Backward Classes and 33.58 per cent of people in the Extremely Backward Classes live in poverty.
It was notably high to find that the Bhumihars, known as Bihar’s largest land-owning caste, had a poverty rate of 27.58 per cent.
