01312nam a22002057a 450000500170000000800410001702000180005802801200007608200150019610000220021124500460023326000480027930000190032736500080034652006780035465000170103265000190104965000170106870000210108520260724121914.0260724b        |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9788198697035  a: Raghav Books Pvt. Ltd.b: 2/25, First Floor, Arun House, Ansari Road, Darya Ganj, New Delhic: 3063d: 23/07/2026  a305.51 TEL  aTeltumbde, Anand.  aThe Caste Con Census.c/ Anand Teltumbde.  a, New Delhib: Navayana Publishingc, 2025.  a251p.c: 16cm.  b349  aIt has been almost a hundred years since the last nation-wide caste count. The 1931 Census, a British exercise, accounted for 4,147 castes. The Socio-Economic and Caste Census of 2011 returned over 46 lakh caste names. Castes are countless. Caste, by definition, divides. And in the modern period, castes have only multiplied.

Many advocates of social justice believe that counting castes will help redress inequalities. Is this true? What will a more detailed headcount reveal? How will the data be used? In an age when the state often fudges truth and numbers, what are the consequences? Will there be a quota for everyone? Can annihilation of caste ever be a reality?

  aCaste System  aSocial Science  aSocial Group  aAnand Teltumbde.