Bihar Caste Survey Report: 6.11% Are Graduates, 15% Cleared Class 10

Bihar Caste Survey: The total number of postgraduates is 10,76,700, which is 0.82 per cent of the population, the report said.

Only 9.19 per cent of people have cleared their class 12 examination.

Patna: There are nearly 80 lakh graduates in Bihar, which is around 6.11 percent of the total population, says the caste survey report tabled in the Bihar assembly. According to the report, 24,534 people belonging to Other Reported Classes (ORC) have the maximum number of graduates, accounting for 13.45 percent of their total population. The report was tabled in the assembly on Tuesday. This is followed by 26,95,820 graduates from the general category, which is 13.41 percent of their total count, the report said, adding altogether there are 7,83,050 Scheduled Caste graduates, which is a meagre 3.05 percent of their total population.

The total number of postgraduates is 10,76,700, which is 0.82 percent of the population, the report said. The number of people having PhDs, including chartered accountants, is 95,398, which is 0.07 percent of the population. Only 9.19 percent of people (1,20,12,146) have cleared their higher secondary examination and 14.71 percent (19,22,99,97) have passed class 10, the report added.

The report said only 15 lakh people have their own laptops, with regular internet connections, which is not even two percent of the population surveyed.

"In all, 15,08,085 have their own laptops, with regular internet connections. This is 1.15 percent of the total 13,07,25,310 people surveyed," it added.

In all, 10,147 people belonging to the ORC have laptops with internet, which is 5.56 percent of their total population, followed by 6,33,864 belonging to the general category, which is 3.15 percent of their total population, the report added.

In all 95,490 people belonging to Scheduled Castes (SCs) have laptops with internet connection (0.37 per cent), the report said. Around 99.49 percent people (2,55,59,507) belonging to the SC category have no access to laptops, it added.

According to the report, only 1.57 percent (20,49,370) are government employees. People belonging to organized and unorganized sectors are 1.22 percent and 2.14 percent, respectively, it said.

The total number of housewives and students is 67.54 percent (8,82,91,275) of the total population. There are 2,18,65,634 labourers, which accounts for 16.73 percent of the total population, the report said.

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