This articles contain list of Scheduled Castes recognized in Jharkhand.
There are 22 communities recognized as Scheduled Castes in Jharkhand, which is with accordance to 'The Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950' for Bihar. After the separation of Jharkhand, the list was modified as per 'The Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Orders (Amendment) Act, 2002'.
As of 2011 census of India, there were 39,85,644 members of Schedule castes which accounts for 12.08% of state's total population.
List
Demographics Caste wise Scheduled CastesPopulationCodeCommunity (Caste)Total (as of 2011)%age of total001Bantar3530.009002Bauri1,86,3564.676003Bhogta2,23,4535.606004Bhuiya8,48,15121.280005Chamar, Mochi10,08,50725.303006Chaupal6320.016007Dabgar4,3780.109008Dhobi2,51,6866.315009Doma, Dhangad1,68,0584.216010Dusadh, Dhari, Dharhi, Paswan4,24,33010.646011Ghasi1,50,5203.776012Halalkhor5800.014013Hari, Mehtar, Bhangi58,2421.461014Kanjar4050.010015Kurariar1,4750.037016Lal Begi1,2400.031017Musahar53,0961.332018Nat1,2860.032019Pano, Sawasi26,4590.664020Pasi72,3571.815021Rajwar1,96,3204.925022Turi1,98,3444.976GENERIC CASTES (members identifying them as 'Anusuchit Jati', 'Dalit' or 'Harijan')1,09,4162.75139,85,644100%
District wise DistrictScheduled CastesNamePopulation (2011)PopulationPercentTop 3 (largest by population)Garhwa1,322,784319,94624.19Chamar (112,194); Bhuiya (88,035); Dusadh (60,687)Chatra1,042,886340,55332.65Bhuiya (173,045); Bhogta (76,319); Chamar (40,021)Koderma716,259109,00315.22Chamar (42,230); Dusadh (17,349); Dhobi (11,559)Giridih2,445,474325,49313.31Chamar (152,034); Turi (60,167); Dusadh (39,214)Deoghar1,492,073190,03612.74Chamar (87,341); Dusadh (21,811); Musahar (16,356)Godda1,313,551115,5678.80Chamar (45,819); Dusadh (16,937); Dom (12,716)Sahebganj1,150,56772,3416.29Chamar (13,268); Dusadh (11,332); Rajwar (8,024)Pakur900,42228,4693.16Chamar (8,371); Dom (4,972); Bhuiya (3,566)Dhanbad2,684,487437,30916.26Bauri (85,368); Chamar (75,188); Bhuiya (66,387)Bokaro2,062,330299,22714.51Chamar (60,552); Rajwar (54,927); Bauri (45,774)Lohardaga461,79015,3303.32Chamar (6,267); Dom (2,113); Turi (1,824)West Singhbhum1,502,338111,4147.42Ghasi (24,724); Dhobi (21,870); Bhuiya (16,043)Palamu1,939,869536,38227.65Bhuiya (194,816); Chamar (157,806); Dusadh (103,478)Latehar726,978154,91021.31Bhuiya (57,389); Bhogta (50,165); Dusadh (7,223)Hazaribagh1,734,495303,51517.49Bhuiya (117,997); Chamar (82,333); Dusadh (32,612)Ramgarh949,443106,35611.21Chamar (21,298); Bhuiya (18,192); Ghasi (14,316)Dumka1,321,44279,6146.02Chamar (24,159); Dom (22,536); Bhuiya (7,341)Jamtara791,04272,8859.21Bauri (28,177); Chamar (16,120); Dom (12,302)Ranchi2,914,253152,9435.25Ghasi (35,178); Dhobi (21,275); Bhogta (20,451)Khunti531,88524,0374.52Ghasi (7,781); Pan (5,097); Bhogta (4,525)Gumla1,025,21332,4593.17Ghasi (12,588); Turi (5,456); Bhogta (3,868)Simdega599,57844,6747.45Bhogta (13,725); Ghasi (9,975); Bhuiya (9,953)East Singhbhum2,293,91956,9862.48Bhuiya (20,389); Ghasi (12,019); Pan (7,621)Seraikela Kharsawan1,065,05656,1955.28Bhuiya (20,026); Ghasi (10,436); Dom (8,759)
Religion wise Scheduled CastesReligious communityCommunity (Caste)PopulationHinduismSikhismBuddhismBantar353351012Bauri1,86,3561,86,3311213Bhogta2,23,4532,23,427188Bhuiya8,48,1518,48,0454858Chamar, Mochi10,08,50710,07,408951,004Chaupal63263110Dabgar4,3784,37800Dhobi2,51,6862,51,53410745Doma, Dhangad1,68,0581,68,0053413Dusadh, Dhari, Dharhi, Paswan4,24,3304,24,2042898Ghasi1,50,5201,50,39711310Halalkhor58058000Hari, Mehtar, Bhangi58,24258,165725Kanjar40540140Kurariar1,4751,47014Lal Begi1,2401,23280Musahar53,09653,08853Nat1,2861,274120Pano, Sawasi26,45926,44793Pasi72,35772,339144Rajwar1,96,3201,96,2732423Turi1,98,3441,98,3061721Generic castes, etc.1,09,4161,09,353472239,85,64439,83,6396691,346
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