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District / Tahsil / Town	Total Rural Urban	Total population			Illiterates		Literates and educated persons
District / Tahsil / Town	Total Rural Urban	Persons	Males	Females	Males	Females	Males	Females
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)
Buldhana District	Total	68,326	35,105	33,221	22,122	29,860	12,893	3,361
	Rural	56,528	28,910	27,618	18,993	25,238	9,917	2,380
	Urban	11,798	6,195	5,603	3,129	4,622	3,066	981
Chikhli Tahsil	Total	19,259	9,997	9,262	6,136	8,350	3,861	912
	Rural	15,868	8,139	7,729	5,289	7,106	2,850	623
	Urban	3,391	1,858	1,533	847	1,244	1,011	289
Malkapur Tahsil	Total	12,823	6,478	6,345	4,098	5,717	2,380	628
	Rural	10,199	5,145	5,054	3,421	4,622	1724	432
	Urban	2,624	1,333	1,291	677	1,095	656	196
Jalgaon Tahsil	Total	6,372	3,254	3,118	2,148	2,761	1,106	357
	Rural	5,814	2,969	2,945	2,013	2,533	956	312
	Urban	558	285	273	135	228	150	45
Khamgaon Tahsil	Total	11,241	5,698	5,543	3,412	4,788	2,286	755
	Rural	7,178	3,601	3,577	2,280	3,181	1,321	396
	Urban	4,063	2,097	1,966	1,132	1,607	965	359
Mehkar Tahsil	Total	18,631	9,678	8,953	6,328	8,244	3,350	709
	Rural	17,469	9,056	8,413	5,990	7,796	3,066	617
	Urban	1,162	622	540	338	448	284	92
Buldhana	Urban	1,520	833	637	360	493	523	144
Chikhli	Urban	1,175	612	563	288	460	324	103
Deulgaon Raja	Urban	696	363	333	199	291	164	42
Malkapur	Urban	1,550	789	761	395	651	393	110
Nandura	Urban	1,074	544	530	281	444	263	86
Jalgaon	Urban	558	285	273	133	228	150	45
Khamgaon	Urban	2, 688	1,397	1,291	703	1,033	694	258
Shegaon	Urban	1,375	700	675	429	574	271	101
Mehkar	Urban	1,162	622	540	338	448	284	92

In all 19 castes are notified as Scheduled Castes in the district but only 15 (including Mang Garudi) are reported in 1971 Census. The distribution of the 15 castes in the district is as follows:—

Scheduled Castes	1961		1971
Scheduled Castes	Population	Percentage to total district population	Population	Percentage to total district population
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)
All Scheduled Castes	56,214	5.30	68,326	5.41
(1) Balahi	21	N	4	N
(2) Basor	180	0.02	102	N
(3) Bedar	153	0.01	246	0.02
(4) Bhangi	1,472	0.14	2,199	0.17
(5) Chambhar	18,756	1.77	23,018	1.82
(6) Dohor	1,091	0.10	880	0.07
(7) Dom	113	0.01	1	N
(8) Ganda	7	N	N.A.	N.A.
(9) Ghasi	1	N	13	N
(10) Kaikadi	575	0.05	767	0.06
(11) Katia	23	N	17	N
(12) Khatik	401	0.04	817	006
(13) Kori	19	N	4	N
(14) Mahar	7,417	0.70	7,408	0.59
(15) Mang (including Garudi).	25,710	2.43	31,364	2.48
(16) Others	--	--	1,486	0.12

N = Negligible.

The remaining 4 Scheduled Castes for which no one was returned in the district in the 1961 Census were: Bahna, Madgi, Sansi and Khangar.

Mang (including Mang Garudi) with 31,364 persons is the largest Scheduled Caste in the district in 1971. The second largest group is of Chambhar while Mahar, Bhangi and Dohor are the third, fourth and fifth, respectively. Ghasi, Ganda, Katia, Kori and Balahi have a very small population.

The comparative position of the Scheduled Castes population from 1951 to 1971 in the district is as follows:—

(1)	Percentage to total population
	District Total	Rural areas	Urban areas
	(2)	(3)	(4)
All Scheduled Castes—	--	--	--
1951	17.48	19.02	9.67
1961	5.30	5.22	5.71
1971	5.41	5.43	5.32

The reduction of the Scheduled Caste population from 17.48 per cent to 5.41 per cent is the result of a large number of persons from the erstwhile Hindu backward class returning their religion in the 1961 Census as Buddhist or Nav-Bauddha. Because of this change of religion these persons have not been treated as Scheduled Castes as the Constitution of India recognises Scheduled Castes from Hindu and Sikh religions only. The combined proportion of the Scheduled Castes and Buddhists in 1961 was 18.41 per cent which was slightly larger than that of Scheduled Castes in 1951.

The Scheduled Castes as a group do not seem to have made much progress in education. Mang which is a predominant group appears to be the most depressed so far as literacy is concerned. The females among the Scheduled Castes appear to be quite behind in literacy and education.

The following table throws sufficient light on the proportion of literacy among Scheduled Castes in the district:—

TABLE No. 7

CASTEWISE NUMBER OF SCHEDULED CASTES BULDHANA DISTRICT, 1971

Scheduled Castes	Total Population			Illiterates			Literates
Scheduled Castes	Persons	Males	Females	Persons	Males	Females	Persons	Males	Females
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)
Balahi	4	2	2	1	--	1	3	2	1
Basor	102	50	52	46	10	36	56	40	16
Bedar	246	109	137	221	87	134	25	22	3
Bhangi	2,199	1,157	1,046	1,605	672	933	594	484	109
Chambhar	23,018	11,853	11,165	16,467	6,796	9,671	6,551	5,057	1,494
Dohor	880	442	438	751	329	422	129	113	16
Dom	1	1	--	--	--	--	1	1	--
Ghasi	13	5	8	12	5	7	1	--	1
Kaikadi	767	381	386	643	292	351	124	89	35
Katia	17	11	6	15	10	5	2	1	1
Khatik	817	409	408	526	210	310	291	199	92
Kori	4	3	1	3	3	--	1	--	1
Mahar	7,408	3,929	3,479	4,837	1,958	2,879	2,571	1,971	600
Mang	31,364	15,784	15,580	23,916	11,303	14,613	5,443	4,481	967
Unspecified	1,486	969	517	939	447	492	547	522	25

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