Bind (caste)
| Bind | |
|---|---|
| Religions | Hinduism |
| Languages | Hindi, Bhojpuri, Angika, Magahi |
| Populated states | Majority: Bihar Uttar Pradesh West Bengal Minority: Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh Gujarat/Assam |
| Region | Eastern India Central India North India |
| Related groups | Noniya, Beldar |
The Bind are a caste found in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Assam, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh and Tripura. Binds are under the Other Backward Classes category in many states. Bind is one of the Jaliya communities. In Uttar Pradesh, they are known by the Jaliya sub-caste. In Bihar Bin/Bind comes under OBC.
As per the caste based census data release by Bihar government, there are 12,85,358 Binds (0.9833% of population of Bihar)