List of Scheduled Castes in Haryana
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Below of list of Scheduled Caste communities and their population according to the 2001 Census of India in Haryana
Haryana
Haryana is a state in India. Historically, it has been a part of the Kuru region in North India. The name Haryana is found mentioned in the 12th century AD by the apabhramsha writer Vibudh Shridhar . It is bordered by Punjab and Himachal Pradesh to the north, and by Rajasthan to the west and south...

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  • Scheduled Caste Population 2001
    Ad Dharmi 843
    Balmiki
    Bhangi
    Bhangi is an Indian caste or jāti traditionally treated as untouchable, and was historically restricted to three occupations: cleaning latrines, sweeping, and scavenging . They prefer to be known as Balmiki...

    786,961
    Bangali
    Bangali
    The Bangali are a caste found in India, and the Hindu branch have scheduled caste status in Haryana and Uttar Pradesh. They are distinct from the Bengali ethnic group of eastern India and Bangladesh...

    2,338
    Barar 693
    Batwal 341
    Bawariya
    Bawariya
    The Bawariya are a Hindu caste found in the states of Haryana and Uttar Pradesh in India. They have scheduled caste status in Uttar Pradesh.-Origin:...

    49,688
    Bazigar
    Bazigar
    Bazigars are a nomad gipsy-folk of India, found throughout North India. They live a life apart from the surrounding Hindu population, and still preserve a certain ethnical identity, scarcely justified by any indications given by their physique...

    105,954
    Bhanjra 2,814
    Chamar
    Chamar
    Chamar |tanner]]"; from the Sanskrit Charmakara) is a prominent occupational caste in India, Pakistan and Nepal. Chamar is a Dalit sub-caste mainly found in the northern states, such as Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Delhi and in Nepal at least north to the Himalayas...

    2,079,132
    Chanal 8,345
    Dagi 228
    Darain 29
    Deha
    Deha
    The Deha, sometimes pronounced as Dhaya, Dhea, Daiya and Dheya are a caste found in India, and have scheduled caste status in Haryana.- Origin :...

    15,422
    Dhanuk
    Dhanuk
    The Dhanuk are an ethnic group found in Bangladesh, India and Nepal. In India, the Dhanuk, who are also known as Dharhi and are found in the states of Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. They have been granted Scheduled Caste status. In Nepal, they are settled in the Terai districts of Saptari,...

    471,287
    Dhogri 3,914
    Dom
    Domra
    The domra is a long-necked Russian string instrument of the lute family with a round body and three or four metal strings.-History:In 1896, a student of Vasily Vasilievich Andreyev found a broken instrument in a stable in rural Russia...

    17,037
    Gagra 115
    Gandhila
    Gandhila
    The Gandhila sometimes pronounced as Gandhil and Gandola, are a Hindu caste found in North India. They have scheduled caste status in Haryana. - Origin :...

    458
    Kabirpanthi Julaha
    Kabirpanthi Julaha
    The Kabirpanthi Julaha are Hindu caste found in the states of Haryana and Punjab in India. They are distinct from the Muslim Julaha of North India.- Origin :...

    43,135
    Khatik
    Khateek
    The Khatik is a Kshatriya, Rajput ancestry and the etymology of the word Khatik comes from Sanskrit Khat+eek, which means orders of Priest in the Yaga Mandapam to stroke sacrifice of animal during Vedic Yagas by none other than Rajput, Kshatriya i.e...

    44,707
    Kori 68,324
    Marecha 148
    Mazhabi
    Mazhabi
    A Mazhabi Sikh is a member of the Rangretta clans Churas who have embraced the sikh faith who are mainly found in the Punjab region, Kashmir and Rajastan...

    104,703
    Megh
    Meghwal
    The Megh , Meghwal or Meghwar people live primarily in northwest India, with a small population in Pakistan. As of 2008, their total population was estimated at 2,807,000, of whom 2,760,000 lived in India...

    22,338
    Nat
    Nat (caste)
    The Nat are a Hindu caste found in North India.-History and origin:The Nat are a nomadic community found in North India. They are one of number of communities that are said to be of Dom origin, and have traditions similar to the Bazigar caste. The word nata in Sanskrit means a dancer, and the Nat...

    7,272
    Odh 110,711
    Pasi
    Pasi (caste)
    The Pasi are a caste found in India, in the states of Bihar, Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh. A small number of Pasi are also found in the Terai region of Nepal. They are one of the Scheduled caste but not Untouchables. The Pasi are also known as Paswan.-Origin:The Pasi claim their descent from...

    25,342
    Perna
    Perna (caste)
    The Perna are a Hindu caste found mainly in the states of Haryana and Punjab in India.- Origin :The Perna were a nomadic tribe, referred to as vagrant by British ethnographers, similar in background to the Nat and Bazigar communities. They were said to be a sub-group of the Dom community...

    1,072
    Pherera 25
    Sanhai 163
    Sanhal 171
    Sansiya 37,462
    Sansoi 2,607
    Sapela
    Sapera (caste)
    The Sapera are a Hindu caste found in North India. They are also known as Barwa Sampheriya in West Bengal, Sapela in Punjab and Sparera in Madhya Pradesh.-Origin:...

    7,946
    Sarera 481
    Sikligar
    Sikligar
    The Sikligar are a community found in the states of Gujarat, Haryana and Pinjab in India. They also known as the Mathuria Lohar, Kamgar, Kuchband and Panchal. They are Hindu in Gujarat and Sikh in Punjab, and partly Hindu and partly Sikh in Haryana.- Origin :...

    14,501
    Sirkiband
    Sirkiband
    The Sirkiband are a Hindu caste found in the states of Haryana and Punjab in India. They have scheduled caste status in Haryana. A small number in Punjab are now Sikh.- Origin :...

    5,077
    Total 4,091,110

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