Volume : 5, Issue : 2, FEB 2019

PROBLEM OF THE NAMASUDRAS IN WEST BENGAL WITH REFERENCE TO EDUCATION

ADARINI KANJILAL BISWAS

Abstract

The Namasudras are very strong scheduled caste group in West Bengal. They stood second position in the scheduled caste population of West Bengal; they share 17.40% to the total scheduled caste of the state according to the census 2001 of West Bengal. Namasudras are the indigenous group of the state. As it is mentioned earlier that Namasudras in West Bengal are very strong among the scheduled caste of the state; so they are very sound in education in comparison to the other group of scheduled caste in the state. In the following table literacy percentages of Namasudra people are shown from 1961-2001 census of West Bengal.

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NAMASUDRAS, PROBLEMS.

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