This is a list of Indian castes:[1]
In the Indian caste system, there are numerous narrow castes defined by practice and in literature, all or most within four large caste categories: (the varnas): viz Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas, and Shudras.[2][3][4][5] Certain people were excluded altogether, ostracized by all other castes and treated as untouchables.[6][7]
Outside the caste system, proper, are persons excluded from the caste system: Dalits (Untouchables), Christians, Buddhists, and others. There exist 1,108 Scheduled castes identified within the Indian constitution of 1950: Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950 lists 1,108 castes across 25 states in its First Schedule,[8] These are disadvantaged groups, all or mostly not castes in the sense meant here. See List of Scheduled castes for these.
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The following is a list of notable castes: