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Below a list of Scheduled Caste communities and their population according to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Order (Amendment Act) 1976 and as amended by the Constitution (Scheduled castes) Orders (Second Amendment) Act, 2002 (Act 61 of 2002) vide Part VIII- Kerala- Schedule I notified in the Gazette of India, dated 18 December 2002) and (As amended by the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Orders (Amendment) Act 2002 (Act 10 of 2003) vide Part VII- Kerala- Second Schedule notified in the Gazette of India dated 8 January 2003 in Kerala.[1]
Scheduled Caste
Adi Andhra
Adi Dravida
Adi Karnataka
Ajila
Arunthathiyar
Ayyanavar
Baira
Bakuda
Bathada
Bharathar (Other than Parathar), Paravan
Chakkiliyan
Chamar, Mochi
Chandala
Cheruman
Domban
Gosangi
Hasla
Holeya
Kadaiyan
Kakkalan, Kakkan
Kalladi
Kanakkan, Padanna, Padannan
Kavara (Other than Telugu speaking or Tamil speaking Balija, Kavarai, Gavara, Gavari, Gavarai Naidu, Balija Naidu, Gajalu Balija or Valai Chetty)
Koosa
Kootan, Koodan
Kudumban
Kuruvan, Sidhanar, Kuravar, Kuruva, Sidhana
Maila
Malayan (In the areas comprising the Malabar District as specified by sub section (2) of section 5 of the State Re-organisation Act, 1956 (37 of 1956)
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only inKerala did the lower castes pollute not just by touch but also by merely approaching an upper caste. One theory that explains the origins of the...
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employed ScheduledCastes (SC) as agricultural labourers. In the agitation for implementation of the report of Mandal Commission, ScheduledCastes supported...
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1.9% of the Muslims and 0.1% of the ScheduledCastes who had that much land in their possession. The last comprehensive caste census ofKerala was undertaken...
Kerala Council of Ministers, are elected legislative members, who are appointed as ministers by the Keralam State Governor to form the executive branch...
socio-economic progress of the ScheduledCastes and Scheduled Tribes. A reservation system for people classified as ScheduledCastes and Scheduled Tribes has existed...
caste group mostly found in modern-day Indian states ofKerala, Karnataka and historically in Tamil Nadu. They are a classified as a ScheduledCaste under...
Government of India in Delhi. Notes: Only Muslim castein this grouping Only Muslim Dhobis are in the OBC list; the Hindu section have ScheduledCaste status...
classified as a ScheduledCaste under modern India's system of affirmative action. They are found throughout the Indian subcontinent, mainly in the northern...
independence of India in 1947 there were some major initiatives in favor of the ScheduledCastes and Scheduled Tribes (SCs and STs) and after the 1980s in favour...
urban Gini coefficient for Keralain 2004-05 was 41%, second only to Chhattisgarh. Comparisons ofscheduled tribes, castes, and religions also show growing...
members belonging to ScheduledCastes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST). The tenure of the members of the 14th Legislative Assembly in the state ended on 1...
Sabha constituency inKerala, dissolved in 2008. The seat was reserved for scheduledcastes. Adoor Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly...
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Tulu speaking caste mostly present in Ernakulam, Palakkad and Thrissur districts ofKerala. They are classified as a ScheduledCasteinKerala and Tamil Nadu...
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