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Castes and Subcastes List in Bihar: State Id State Name Castecode Caste Subcaste 11 BIHAR 11001 ADIWASI HANDSA 11 BIHAR 11002 ADIWASI HEMRAM 11 BIHAR 11003 ADIWASI MARANDI 11 BIHAR 11004 AHIR RAI 11 BIHAR 11005 AHIR YADAV 11 BIHAR 11006 BANIYA CHOUDHARY 11 BIHAR 11007 BANIYA GUPTA 11 BIHAR 11008 BANIYA KESRI 11 BIHAR 11009 BANIYA SAHU 11 BIHAR 11010 BANIYA SHAH 11 BIHAR 11011 BANIYA SHARMA 11 BIHAR 11012 BARHAI SHARMA 11 BIHAR 11013 BRAHAMIN SHARMA 11 BIHAR 11014 BRAHMAN DUBEY 11 BIHAR 11015 BRAHMAN GIRI 11 BIHAR 11016 BRAHMAN PANDEY 11 BIHAR 11017 BRAHMAN PATHAK 11 BIHAR 11018 BRAHMAN RAI 11 BIHAR 11019 BRAHMAN TIWARI 11 BIHAR 11020 BRAHMAN UPADHYAY 11 BIHAR 11021 CHAMAR CHOUDHARY 11 BIHAR 11022 CHAMAR KUSHWAHA 11 BIHAR 11023 CHAMAR PASWAN 11 BIHAR 11024 CHAMAR 11 BIHAR 11025 DHOBI RAJAK 11 BIHAR 11026 DHOBI VARETHA 11 BIHAR 11027 DOM 11 BIHAR 11028 DUSADH PASWAN 11 BIHAR 11029 FAQIR MIYAN https://www.matchfinder.in/matrimonial/bihar-matrimony This list is provided for free by the courtesy of Matchfinder Matrimony 11 BIHAR 11030 GUND 11 BIHAR 11031 HALWAI SAHU 11 BIHAR 11032 HARI RAI 11 BIHAR 11033 HARI 11 BIHAR 11034 HUSSAIN 11 BIHAR 11035 JULAHA ANSARI 11 BIHAR 11036 KAHAR PRASAD 11 BIHAR 11037 KAHAR RAWAT 11 BIHAR 11038 KAHAR 11 BIHAR 11039 KAYASTH SRIVASTAV 11 BIHAR 11040 KOERI KUSHWAHA 11 BIHAR 11041 KOERI MAURIYA 11 BIHAR 11042 KOERI RAI 11 BIHAR 11043 KULHAIYA ALAM 11 BIHAR 11044 KULHAIYA 11 BIHAR 11045 KUMHAR PRJAPATI 11 BIHAR 11046 KUMHAR 11 BIHAR 11047 KUMHAR 11 BIHAR 11048 LOHAR PRJAPATI 11 BIHAR 11049 LOHAR SHARMA 11 BIHAR 11050 MALI BHAGAT 11 BIHAR 11051 MALLAH MAHALDAR 11 BIHAR 11052 MUSAHAR RISHI 11 BIHAR 11053 MUSAHAR 11 BIHAR 11054 NAI THAKUR 11 BIHAR 11055 PASI PASI 11 BIHAR 11056 PASI PASWAN 11 BIHAR 11057 PATHAN KHAN 11 BIHAR 11058 RAJBHAR RAI 11 BIHAR 11059 RAJPUT 11 BIHAR 11060 SAHU CHOUDHARY 11 BIHAR 11061 SANTHALI MARANDI 11 BIHAR 11062 SANTHALI SOREN https://www.matchfinder.in/matrimonial/bihar-matrimony This list is provided for free by the courtesy of Matchfinder Matrimony 11 BIHAR 11063 SHAIKH 11 BIHAR 11064 SHESHWADI ALAM 11 BIHAR 11065 SOREN 11 BIHAR 11066 TANTI 11 BIHAR 11067 TATWA CHOUDHARY 11 BIHAR 11068 TATWA DAS 11 BIHAR 11069 TATWA 11 BIHAR 11070 TELI KUSHWAHA 11 BIHAR 11071 TELI SAHU 11 BIHAR 11072 TELI SHAH 11 BIHAR 11073 VISHWAKARMA SHARMA 11 BIHAR 11074 OTHERS https://www.matchfinder.in/matrimonial/bihar-matrimony This list is provided for free by the courtesy of Matchfinder Matrimony .

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