Encyclopaedia of Scheduled Castes in India

About the Book: Encyclopaedia of Scheduled Castes in India has published in 5 Volumes. There are 1109 individual Scheduled Castes discussed in this multivolume set. Volume-1, covers entire Scheduled Castes in South Zone, numbering 382, and distributed in all the four states and Union Territory of South India. They are Andhra Pradesh (61); Kerala (69);Karnataka (101); Tamil Nadu (76); Pondicherry (16); Andaman & Nicobar Islands; Telangana (59). Followed by WEST ZONE (Vol. 2) Goa (5); Gujarat, (36); Dadra & Nagara and Haveli (4); Daman & Diu (5); Lakshadweep; Maharashtra (59); Rajasthan (59). Followed by CENTRAL ZONE (Vol. 3) Chhattisgarh (44); Madhya Pradesh (48); Uttar Pradesh (66). Followed by NORTH ZONE (Vol. 4) Haryana (37); Delhi (36); Himachal Pradesh (57): Jammu & Kashmir (13); Uttarakhand (65); Punjab (39); Chandigarh. Followed by EAST AND NORTH EAST ZONE (Vol. 5) Bihar (23); Jharkhand (22); Orissa (95); West Bengal (60); Assam (16); Sikkim (4); Arunachal Pradesh; Manipur; Meghalaya, (16): Mizoram (16); Nagaland; Tripura. (34). All Individual Scheduled Castes consist of a constant contents, namely, Notification; Statutory position; Synonyms including Surnames, titles, etc; Origin and Ethnic Identity; Decennial growth and Distribution of Pulation; Famely structure and clan; Languages and Literacy; Life cycle and related Customs; Traditional and Present occupations; Religious beliefs and Practices; Food habits and Dwelling Patterns; Status in Local traditional caste hierarchy; Structure of social control within the caste; And social change and mobility in each caste. The focus is to highlight social change, along with the said themes and sub-themes, in case of each Scheduled Caste over the past hundred years or so. But it primarily emphasizes social change and mobility among the people of each Scheduled Caste through their social movement, including self-initiatives, and the State sponsorship. Yet, the status or rank of each Scheduled Caste and change, if any, occurred therein in the traditional local caste hierarchy, along with changes in status or position of its members in the secular domains like education, employment, etc. has been analysed in both diachronic and synchronic fashions.