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Backward Class (BC) families statewide profile
Backward Class (BC) families currently lists 100 named caste-community pages. The official statewide BC family total is 2,00,37,668, or 56.4% of the Telangana population. Leading district concentration: GHMC.
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Official total
The headline number is the official published family total
The top-line BC, SC, ST, or OC total comes from the published family tables. The community list further down the page shows named entries inside that family and should not be mistaken for the full official total.
Named pages 100
Official population 2,00,37,668
Official share of Telangana 56.4%
Households 62,57,017
Leading named communities
Largest named caste-community entries
Caste / community
Population
State share
Leading district
Shaik/ Sheikh 27,95,727
7.9%
GHMC
Mudiraj, Mutrasi, Tenugollu 26,39,027
7.4%
Medak
Yadava (Golla) 20,18,725
5.7%
Nalgonda
Munnurukapu 13,75,018
3.9%
Nizamabad
Padmasali (Sali, Salivan, Pattusali, Senapathulu, Thogata Sali) 11,82,252
3.3%
GHMC
Kuruba or Kuruma 7,95,822
2.2%
Rangareddy
Kummara or Kulala, Salivahana 4,31,363
1.2%
GHMC
Vadrangi / Vadla 4,07,927
1.1%
GHMC
Dudekula, Laddaf, Pinjari or Noorbash 2,69,699
0.8%
Sangareddy
Goldsmith 2,48,965
0.7%
GHMC
Perika (Perika Balija, Puragiri kshatriya) 2,30,851
0.7%
Mancherial
Veerashaiva Lingayat / Lingabalija 1,73,192
0.5%
Sangareddy
Blacksmith 1,65,726
0.5%
GHMC
Uppara or Sagara 1,24,148
0.3%
Nagarkurnool
Are, Arevallu and Arollu 1,10,693
0.3%
Kumarambheem Asifabad
District concentration
Top districts inside this category
GHMC
31,20,289
Nizamabad
10,43,864
Rangareddy
9,89,307
Sangareddy
8,85,236
Nalgonda
8,75,560
Jagitial
7,25,005
Siddipet
6,75,888
Khammam
6,63,620
Kamareddy
6,55,153
Karimnagar
6,44,438
District totals here come from the official family totals in the source tables; the table at left shows the named caste-community entries listed inside this family.
Relevant metric tables
Tables that report this category
Table 1.1: Number of Households
Total, Rural
Table 1.2: Percentage of Households
Total, Rural, Urban
Table 1.3: Population of Telangana
Total, Rural
Table 1.4: Percentage of Population
Total, Rural, Urban
Table 1.5: Average Size of Household in Telangana
Total, Rural, Urban
Table 1.6: Sex-Ratio in Population
Total, Rural, Urban
Table 1.7: Percentage of Children in 0-5 Years Age in Population
Total, Rural, Urban
Table 1.8: Percentage of Children (6-14 Years) in Population
Total, Rural, Urban
Table 1.9: Percentage of Youth (15-29 Years) in Population
Total, Rural, Urban
Table 1.10: Percentage of 30-64 Years in Population
Total, Rural, Urban
Table 1.11: Percentage of Old-Age (65+ Years) in Population
Total, Rural, Urban
Table 1.12: Percentage of Unmarried in Population
Total, Rural, Urban
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