The Real Indian IQ

[G.Subramaniam]

1911, Census, Male literacy in Maharashtra



Caste - Marathi Literacy - English Literacy



Deshastha Brahmin - 62% - 10%

Konkonastha Brahmin - 63% - 19%

Saraswat Brahmin - 54% - 11%



Maratha ( upper caste, Pawar etc ) - 4.6% - 0.22%

Kunbi ( lower caste maratha peasant ) - 9.4% - 0.27%

Lingayat - 13% - 0.30%



Mahar ( Ambedkar ) - 1% - 0.01%



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Dr.Ambedkar is remarkable getting a US law degree from such a deprived background



The next shocker is that the Kunbi peasant was twice as literate as the Maratha elite



Brahmins may have withheld knowledge of Sanskrit, but never the local language- and English was open to all



Also remarkable that TN-MBC had much higher literacy than Lingayat, a FC in Bombay Presidency