% of households in India that practice untouchability to lower ‘castes’
The population of ‘untouchable’ people in India is approximately 27% of the population which translated to around 405 million individuals another 400 million are classified as other backward classes which too have been a victim of oppression by the top 15-20% of the population submitted by
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