Kushwaha and Kurmi communities form 4.27 percent and 2.87 percent of the population, the caste survey said. Bhumihars constitute 2.86 percent of the population, Brahmins 3.66 percent, Kurmis 2.87 ...

leader Nitish Kumar’s caste base of Kurmi and Kushwaha (dominant OBC castes termed Luv-Kush in Bihar); and workers who have risen from the grassroots. Also, while previously there were no women ...