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> Exogamy between castes remains very low, even between different high castes. What are you basing this on?
by mohanmcgeek 4y ago
> Exogamy between castes remains very low, even between different high castes.
What are you basing this on?
- pkphilip 4y agoThe Caste survey conducted in 2018 found that only around 5.8% of all marriages in India are intercaste: https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/inter-caste-marriages-depend-on-education-level-but-not-that-of-the-couple-118102200084_1.html https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/in...
- genghizkhan 4y agoNot the GP, but I can anecdotally confirm this. Breaking caste barriers remains unusual in most of India. The Indian HN community is biased towards Bangalore, Delhi and Bombay where rates of exogamy amongst the upper middle class are far higher than in practically all other parts of India.