What is percentage of Brahmins in Karnataka?
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What is percentage of Brahmins in Karnataka?
Brahmins make up four per cent of the total population in the state. Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai Monday released Rs 13.77 crore through Direct Benefit Transfer to 9,206 students from the Brahmin community belonging to economically weaker sections.
Which category has highest population in Karnataka?
As on last census, Karnataka population religion wise are 51 million(84.00%) of the population were Hindu, 7.8 million, about 12.92% were Muslim, 1.1 million (1.87%) were Christian, 0.72% were Jains around 440,280, 95,710(0.16%) were Buddhist, 28,773(0.05%) were Sikh and 0.02% were belonging to other religions.
Are Vokkaliga Brahmins?
Vokkaligas were considered non-Brahmin upper-castes.
Which caste is Gowda in Karnataka?
Gowda (also known as Gauda, Gouda or Gonda) is a surname native to the Karnataka state of India. It is mainly found among the Vokkaligas in south Karnataka, Kuruba Gowda of Karnataka and the Lingayats in north Karnataka.
How many caste are there in Karnataka?
At present, there are about 101 sub-castes that have been recognised as Scheduled Castes in Karnataka.
Which caste is Nayak in Karnataka?
In Karnataka it is used by some subcastes of the Vokkaliga community. It is also a common surname amidst a section of Makkalasantana following a sect of parivara Bunt (community) and the Nayak/Bedar community.
Is Gowda and Vokkaliga same?
Vokkaligas commonly carry titles such as Gowda, Hegde and Gounder.
Is Vokkaliga a OBC?
Which in short means, Vokkaliga is a Backward caste in Karnataka , so is Lingayats both enjoy reservation under category 3A and 3B. So, Yes the vokkaliga caste comes under obc in central list.
Which caste is Gowda?
Is Vokkaliga upper caste?
Most subsects of the Vokkaliga community are designated as Forward castes by the Central Government of India. While some subsects in rural areas, are designated as Other Backward Class by the Karnataka Government. Vokkaligas commonly carry titles such as Gowda, Hegde and Gounder.
Is Vokkaliga and Gowda same?
