Brahmins In India - Snapshot of a community

Brahmins In India Snapshot of a community: population per state - the rich, the poor and the educated... Total Population: 5.6 crore Poor Brahmins: 13% Rich: 19% Literacy levels above the age of 18: 84% Graduates: 39% Brahmin chief justices between 1950 to 2000: 47% Associate justices between 1950-2000: 40% State Percentages Falling percentage of Brahmin MPs elected in the Hindi belt 1984: 19.91% 1989: 12.44% 1998: 12.44% 1999: 11.3% 2007: The present Lok Sabha has only 50 Brahmin MPs nationwide. That's 9.17 per cent of the total strength of the House. Today's Brahmin Politicians