BRS doubts authenticity of caste census data citing disparities in BC numbers

HYDERABAD The Bharat Rashtra Samithi has expressed doubts over the caste census conducted by the Congress government in Telangana stating that there are disparities in the number of households, total population compared to the data collected as part of 2011 Census and integrated household survey conducted in 2014. Stating that as per 2011 Census data the number of households in Telangana was 83 lakh and population was 3.5 crore, Ms. Kavitha said the household survey conducted in August 2014 had found that the households were at 1.03 crore and population at 3.68 crore, indicating that about 20 lakh households had increased in a matter of just four years. However, the recent caste census conducted had put the number of households at 1.15 crore and population at 3.7 crore, raising doubts over the two figures as number of households had gone up by only 12 lakh and population by just 2 lakh in the 10-year period from 2014 to 24, the BRS MLC said. Further, she pointed out that the household survey conducted by the BRS government had found OC at much lesser proportion compared to their numbers revealed in the recent survey.