Kurmi Community

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Context: Train services were affected in parts of West Bengal as a result of the Kurmi community's rail-blockade agitation.

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Kurmu Community

Kurmi is a non-elite tiller caste in India's lower Gangetic plain, particularly in the southern regions of Awadh, eastern Uttar Pradesh, and parts of Bihar.
The Kurmis earned praise from Mughal and British administrations for their remarkable work ethic, superior tillage and manuring, and gender-neutral society.
The Kurmi community is now categorised as Other Backward Classes in Odisha, West Bengal, and Jharkhand, with the Odisha government additionally recognising the community as Socially and Educationally Backward Classes.
State Governments of Jharkhand and West Bengal have consistently suggested that this community be added to the ST list.

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PRACTICE QUESTION

Q. Recently the Kurmi Community has frequently been mentioned in the news. They are found in;

(A) Gujarat

(B) Haryana

(D) Bihar

Answer: D