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Brahmins In India

Snapshot of a community: population per state - the rich, the poor and the educated...

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Brahmins In India
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Snapshots

Total Population:
5.6 crore
Poor Brahmins:
13%
Rich:
19%
Literacy levels above the age of 18:
84%
Graduates:
39%
Brahmin chief justices between 1950 to 2000:
47%
Associate justices between 1950-2000:
40% 

StatePercentages

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Down in the Cow-belt

Falling percentage of Brahmin MPs elected in the Hindi belt

1984: 19.91%
1989: 12.44%
1998: 12.44%
1999: 11.3%
2007: The present Lok Sabha has only 50 Brahmin MPs nationwide. That’s 9.17 per centof the total strength of the House.

Today’s Brahmin Politicians

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