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Table 5: Minorities and Scheduled Castes in Arni - 1997

                                            % Income Distribution
                                            Rs per household per year

 Minorities
 
 
 
 
Jains
 
 
 
 
 
Muslims
 
 
 
 
Catholics
 
 
 
Protestants
 
 
 
Scheduled castes
Estim % Population
 
 
 
2
 
 
 
 
 
5
 
 
 
 
2
 
 
 
1
 
 
 
25
<Rs24k
 
 
 
 
12
 
 
 
 
 
60
 
 
 
 
75
 
 
 
30
 
 
 
90
25-36
 
 
 
 
70
 
 
 
 
 
20
 
 
 
 
10
 
 
 
10
 
 
 
6
37-60
 
 
 
 
10
 
 
 
 
 
15
 
 
 
 
10
 
 
 
60
 
 
 
3
>61
 
 
 
 
8
 
 
 
 
 
5
 
 
 
 
5
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
1
% with College education
 
 
5
 
 
 
 
 
5
 
 
 
 
2
 
 
 
20
 
 
 
3
% Without home
 
 
-
 
 
 
 
 
20
 
 
 
 
20
 
 
 
(Huts) 75
 
 
 
(Huts) 94
Economic niche
 
 
 
 
North India: pawnbroking, goldsmithing, weaving
South India: agr, wholesale, finance
 
 
Hardware, cloth, sweets, betel, butchring, recycling, platform trade
 
 
Mechanics, fitters, fish trading
 
 
Some professionals, labouring
 
 
Labouring, rickshaw pulling, roadside food trade, scavenging, sanitary work

Source: Leaders of minorities interviewed in 1997