Scheduled Castes in Pakistan

Scheduled Castes in Pakistan are communities that are recognised as being poor and disadvantaged. To help members of this community, the Government of Pakistan labelled 40 castes as "Scheduled Castes" through a law passed in 1957 - this is known as "ordinance No. XVI". This was done to help create policies to help these communities and improve their access to education, employment, and social welfare.

 Population profile 
The Scheduled Caste population is mainly in Sindh province and they are a large part of Pakistan's Hindu community. Although hard to work out exactly, it is thought that Scheduled Castes are about 90-95% of the Hindu population in Pakistan.

Hindus are believed to be 1.85% of Pakistan's total population, which is about 4 million people. That means Scheduled Castes are probably 3.6 million to 3.8 million.

 List of scheduled castes 
+ Scheduled Castes  Ad Dharmi        Bangali         Barar            Bazigar Bawaria          Bhangi          Bhanjra          Bhil Chanal           Charan          Chmar            Chuhra or Balmiki Dagi and Koli    Dhanak          Dhed             Dumna Gagra            Gandhila        Halal-Khor       Jatia Kalal            Khatik          Kolhi            Kori Kuchria          Marija or Marecha  Megh         Menghwar Nat              Odh             Pasi             Perna Ramdasi          Sansi           Sapela           Sarera Shikari          Sirkiband       Sochi            Wagri

 See also 
Caste

 References 

Category:Pakistan
Category:Hinduism