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The Jain Bunt are the Jains of Bunt caste from Tulunaad area of India.[1] It has been said that the Jain Bunts also have the highest per capita income in India.[2][better source needed][citation needed] They have a feudal and martial race heritages, because of ties to the erstwhile royalty of the area.[3] They are classified as Other Backward Class (OBC) by the Government of Karnataka.[4][5]
- ^ Kumar Suresh Singh, Anthropological Survey of India (2004). People of India: Maharashtra, Volume 1. Popular Prakashan. pp. 387–391(Emigrant Bunts by P. Dhar). ISBN 978-81-7991-100-6.
- ^ "Census 2001 data on religion released". .Press Information Bureau - Indian Government. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
- ^ "Moodbidri — woods of yore". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 24 April 2005. Archived from the original on 26 April 2005. Retrieved 25 January 2008.
- ^ "Backward Classes, Karnataka" (PDF). p. 2,15. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 November 2023. Retrieved 23 April 2021.:p2.”Candidates belonging to Category-ll(A),. 1(B), III(A), and III(B) shall be entitled to reservation in the manner specified in the new Comprehensive Creamy Layer policy”;p15. Jain Bunt is listed under III(B)
- ^ "Caste Report". Karnataka ePASS(Electronic Payment and Application System of Scholars). Department of Backward Classes Welfare, Government of Karnataka. 2021. Retrieved 6 March 2021.