Is this helpful? Yes·NoClick to see full answer. People also ask, who are the Dalits in India?Dalits, also known as “Untouchables,” are members of the lowest social group in the Hindu caste system. The word “Dalit” means “oppressed” or “broken” and is the name members of this group gave themselves in the 1930s. what percentage of Hindus are Dalits? Dalits form around 16.6% of India’s population. The 2011 census recorded nearly 20.14 crore people belonging to various scheduled castes in the country. Similarly, you may ask, how many Hindu Dalits are there in India? The number of Scheduled Castes (SCs) in India increased by 35 million during the decade ranging from 2001 to 2011, recently released census figures have shown. This means that there are now 201.4 million Hindu, Sikh and Buddhist Dalits in the country.Is SC ST Hindus?Under the constitutional order, 1950 as amended in 1990, SCs can be only from Hindus, Sikhs and Buddhists while STs can be from any of the religions. The SC/ST status of each member of household was ascertained by asking whether she or he belonged to SC or ST.
