Top 10 States: Enrolment of Muslims, Scheduled Castes in Higher Education

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New Delhi, July 24: Out of over 345 lakh students enrolled in higher education in the country, 48 lakh are from Scheduled Castes and 16 lakh from the Muslim community. In enrolment of Scheduled Castes, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra are at No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3respectively. For Muslim enrolment, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Bihar are at No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3respectively, reveals the All India Survey on Higher Education or AISHE 2015-16.

Here is a list of top 10 states for enrolment of Muslims and Scheduled Castes in higher education.

Enrolment of Muslims, Scheduled Castes in Higher Education
Top 10 States

Muslims
Scheduled Castes
All India
16,13,710
All India
48,10,314
(1) Uttar Pradesh
2,74,569
(1) Uttar Pradesh
10,07,555
(2) West Bengal
2,11,723
(2) Tamil Nadu
5,51,677
(3) Bihar
1,37,515
(3) Maharashtra
4,88,288
(4) Jammu and Kashmir
1,27,825
(4) West Bengal
3,42,625
(5) Maharashtra
1,22,641
(5) Andhra Pradesh
2,64,142
(6) Telangana
1,07,631
(6) Rajasthan
2,42,371
(7) Kerala
1,06,338
(7) Karnataka
2,38,620
(8) Karnataka
98,319
(8) Telangana
2,38,235
(9) Tamil Nadu
97,614
(9) Madhya Pradesh
2,19,034
(10) Assam
76,101
(10) Punjab
1,96,367

Source: AISHE – 2015-16

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