Bihar government begins caste surveys; survey will end on May 31

The Bihar government has begun caste surveys in different parts of the State today. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar made it clear that only castes, not sub- castes along with economic status of each family will be catalogued.

Mr. Kumar informed, the enumerators will also talk to people living outside the State. The economic status of each family will be duly mentioned in the survey, he added.

The Chief Minister elaborated that the caste survey would help know to take requisite measures for the upliftment of the deprived classes.

The number of all households in the State will be counted and recorded in the first phase.

In the second phase of the survey which is to start from the 1st to 30th of April, people living in the households, their castes, sub-castes and socio-economic conditions will be collected.

The survey will end on the 31st of May 2023. Around five lakh people have been engaged for carrying out the whole exercise.