StatsGuru: How rural Dalits fare on key social & economic parameters

Business Standard looks at the key data around rural dalits

THE SUICIDE of Dalit student Rohith Vemula in Hyderabad has once again brought the deprivation of Dalits into the national discourse. The 2011 Socio-Economic Caste Census, or SECC, has not announced its full results, especially for urban areas. But the gap it reveals in rural areas is disquieting.