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=State government=
'''Updated to 2012'''
==More Backward (Category A)==
1	Abdal (Muslim)

2	Atta (Muslim)

3	Baidya Muslim

4	Basni / Bosni (Muslim)

5	Bayen (Muslim)

6	Beldar Muslim

7	Bepari /Byapari Muslim

8	Bhangi (Muslim)

9	Bhatia Muslim

10	Bhuiya/Bhunya (Muslim)

11	Borah /Bara /Bora (Muslim)

12	Chowduli (Muslim)

13	Dhanuk

14	Dhatri/Dai/Dhaity (Muslim)

15	Dhukre (Muslim)

16	Dhunia

17	Fakir, Sain

18	Gayen (Muslim)

19	Gharami (Muslim)

20	Ghorkhan

21	Ghosi (Muslim)

22	Goldar/Golder (Muslim)

23	Gorey (Muslim)

24	Hajjam (Muslim)

25	Halsana (Muslim)

26	Hati (Muslim)

27	Hawaikar (Muslim)

28	Hawari

29	Jatuya (Muslim)

30	Jogi

31	Jolah (Ansari-Momin)

32	Kalwar

33	Kan (Muslim)

34	Kasai

35	Kayal (Muslim)

36	Khajonkriya /Khajankriya (Muslim)

37	Khandait

38	Khansama

39	Khondekar/Khonkar (Muslim)

40	Khotta Muslim

41	Kosta /Kostha

42	Lakhera /Laahera

43	Mahaldar (Muslim)

44	Mai Muslim

45	Majhi / Patni Muslim

46	Mallick

47	Midde

48	Muchi / Chamar Muslim

49	Muslim Barujibi / Barui

50	Muslim Bhatiyara

51	Muslim Biswas

52	Muslim Chutor Mistri

53	Muslim Dafadar

54	Muslim Haidar

55	Muslim Jamadar

56	Muslim Kalander

57	Muslim Laskar

58	Muslim Mali, Faraji (Muslim)

59	Muslim Mandal

60	Muslim Molla

61	Muslim Nehariya

62	Muslim Penchi

63	Muslim Piyada

64	Muslim Rajmistri

65	Muslim Sanpui/Sapui

66	Muslim Sardar

67	Naiya (Muslim)

68	Nashya-Sekh

69	Nikari (Muslim)

70	Pahar (Muslim)

71	Patidar

72	Raptan (Muslim)

73	Rayeen (Kunjra)

74	Roniwar

75	Sekh/Seikh

76	Shershabadia

77	Shikari/ Sikari (Muslim)

78	Siuli (Muslim)

79	Sukli

80	Tutia (Muslim)

==Backward (Category B)==
1	Adaldar (Muslim)

2	Akunji/Akan/Akhan (Muslim)

3	Bag (Muslim)

4	Bagani (Muslim)

5	Baishya Kapali

6	Bansi Barman

7	Baradi (Muslim)

8	Barujibi, Barui

9	Betkar (Bentkar)

10	Bhandari (Muslim)

11	Bhar

12	Bharbhuja

13	Bhujel

14	Bungchheng

15	Chaprashi (Muslim)

16	Chasatti (Chasa)

17	Chitrakar

18	Christians converted from Scheduled Castes

19	Churihar

20	Dalai (Muslim)

21	Daptari (Muslim)

22	Devanga

23	Dewan

24	Dewan (Muslim)

25	Dhabak (Muslim)

26	Dhali (Muslim)

27	Dhimal

28	Gangot

29	Gavara

30	Gazi (Muslim), Par (Muslim)

31	Goala, Gope (Pallav Gope, Ballav Gope, Yadav Gope, Gope, Ahir and Yadav)

32	Gurung

33	Hele /Halia /Chasi-Kaibartta

34	Hoseni Goyala (Muslim)

35	Kahar

36	Kalal/Iraqi

37	Kansari

38	Kapali

39	Karani

40	Karmakar

41	Katha (Muslim)

42	Kazi/Kaji/Quazi/Quaji (Muslim)

43	Keori /Koiri

44	Khalashi (Muslim)

45	Khan (Muslim)

46	Khen

47	Kichni (Muslim)

48	Kotal (Muslim)

49	Kumbhakar, Kumar

50	Kurmi

51	Majhi

52	Malakar

53	Malita/Malitha/Malitya (Muslim)

54	Mangar

55	Mistri (Muslim)

56	Moira (Halwai), Modak (Halwai)

57	Mouli (Muslim)

58	Mudi/ Mehedi (Muslim)

59	Mukti/ Mufti (Muslim)

60	Muslim Darji /Ostagar /Idrishi

61	Nagar

62	Napit

63	Nembang

64	Newar

65	Pahadia Muslim

66	Paik (Muslim)

67	Pailan (Muslim)

68	Purkait (Muslim)

69	Rai (including Chamling)

70	Raju

71	Sadhukhan (Muslim)

72	Sahana (Muslim)

73	Sampang

74	Sana (Muslim)

75	Sarak

76	Sarala/Sarwala (Muslim)

77	Sareng (Muslim)

78	Sarkar (Muslim)

79	Satchasi

80	Sepai (Muslim)

81	Shah (Shah/ Sahaji)

82	Shankakar

83	Sunuwar

84	Sutradhar

85	Swarnakar

86	Tal-Pakha Benia

87	Tamboli/ Tamali

88	Tanti, Tantubaya

89	Tarafdar (Muslim)

90	Teli, Kolu

91	Thami

92	Turha

93	Yogi, Nath

=Central list=
'''Updated to 2011 ''' 

1. Baishya Kapali.

2. Barujibi 

3. Goala, Gope(Pallav Gope, Ballav Gope, Yadav Gope, Gope, Ahir and Yadav).

4. Kapali 

5. Karmakar 

6. Kumbhakar 

7. Kurmi 

8. Moira (Halwai), Modak (Halwai) 

9. Napit 

10. Satchasi 

11. Sutradhar 

12. Swarnakar 

13. Teli 

14. Yogi,Nath 

15.Nagar (this does not include immigrant Maithili Brahmins and immigrant Nagars from other States who are Brahmins and Baniyas)

16. Karani 

17. Raju 

18. Keori/Koiri 

19. Sarak 

20. Kosta/Kostha 

21. Chitrakar 

22. Malakar 

23. Jolah(Ansari Momin) 

24. Kansari 

25. Tanti, Tantubaya 

26. Dhanuk 

27. Shankhakar 

28. Jogi 

29. Fakir, Sain. 

30. Nembang  

31. Sampang 

32. Turha 

33. Bungchheng 

34. Bhujel 

35. Kahar 

36. Betkar (Bentkar) 

37. Sukli (excluding Solanki Rajputs who claim themselves to be Sukli)

38. Churihar 

39. Thami 

40. Dhunia 

41. Dhimal 

42. Bhar 

43. Lakhera/Laahera 

44. Rangwa 

45. Kasai-Quraishi 

46. Kalwar 

47. Hawari, Dhobi (other than those included in the list of SCs)

48. Tamboli/Tamali 

49. Tamang 

50. Khen (Non Bania category) 

51. Chamling 

52. Scheduled Castes converts to Christianity and their progeny

53. Rayeen (Kunjra) 

54. Hele/Halia/Chasi-Kaibartta, Das Kaibartta

55. Nashya-Sekh 

56. Shershabadia 

57. Rai (including Chamling) 

58. Bharbhuja 

59. Dewan 

60. Patidar 

61. Banshi Barman 

62. Pahadia Muslim

=History=
==How some groups entered the OBC list/ 2009, 2010==
[https://epaper.indiatimes.com/article-share?article=22_08_2024_007_008_cap_TOI  Dhananjay Mahapatra, August 22, 2024: ''The Times of India'']


New Delhi : West Bengal govt in its submission before SC stood by its decision to include 77 castes in the OBC list, stating that the additions were made following an elaborate three-tier process, which included two surveys and a hearing by the Commission for Backward Classes, but let out that it completed this exercise in less than 24 hours in the case of certain Muslim communities.

 The Khotta Muslim community made an application on Nov 13, 2009, and on the same day WB Commission for Backward Classes recommended its inclusion in the OBC list. Similarly, the Muslim Jamadar community was recommended to be added to the list the day (April 21, 2010) it filed an application: a feat considering the pace with which govt machinery moves as also the intricate natureof the task.

 The OBC Commission matched the astonishing alacrity and took just a day to recommend inclusion of Gayen (Muslim) and Bhatia Muslim communities in the list, four days for Muslim Chutor Mistri community, and less than a month for inclusion of a dozen other Muslim communities to the OBC list.

 The affidavit of West Bengal govt, which is under fire for alleged arbitrary inclusion of 77 castes, 75 of them Muslims, was full of surprises. In some cases, the survey for sub-categorisation of communities was conducted even prior to community members filing an application before the Commission seeking their inclusion in the OBC list. Surveys for some Muslim communities — Kazi, Kotal, Hazari, Layek and Khas — were done in June 2015 but they had filed applications much later, in some cases after nearly a year or two.

 “It was only after a detailed enquiry and/or upon consideration of the material before it in oral or documentary nature, that a final report on each of the 34 communities was prepared along with the final recommendation by the Commission,” the state said in response to the CJI D Y Chandrachud-led bench’s Aug 5 order seeking information about the process adopted for inclusion in OBC list. On Aug 5, SC had asked WB to “explain the process” 

followed for designating 77 communities (75 of them Muslims) as OBCs between 2010 and 2012 and the nature of survey carried out on the twin aspects of social and educational backwardness and inadequacy of representation in services of the state. The Mamata Banerjee govt had appealed against a Calcutta HC decision to quash such inclusions in OBC list without following the procedure. SC had refused to stay HC order.

 The affidavit filed by Abhijit Mukherjee, additional secretary and ex-officio joint commissioner of reservation at backward classes wel- fare department, stated that the process commences with an application by individuals who seek inclusion in the OBC list detailing the name of class, size of its population, its place of concentration, along with social, educational, matrimonial, occupational and economic data. The affidavit said the threetier process was scrupulously followed by the state. 

After submission of such an application, the commission carries out field surveys through its members (before 2012) or through state govt’s Cultural Research Institute (CRI) and the anthropologists with them (after 2012). During such a survey, the commission issues public notice regarding hearing on the application as well as objections to the claim.

 At the hearing, the commission examines records, survey inputs, inquiries and material adduced during public hearings, to either accept the application or reject it. On acceptance, it recommends inclusion of a community in the OBC list, which the state said is “ordinarily binding” on govt. It is then placed for approval of the Cabinet. After such approval, it is published in the official gazette.

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