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Revision note: Salient Features of Indian Society and Unity in Diversity

  • Features: pluralism, caste (jati, endogamy), patriarchy, joint family, agrarian base, tradition + modernity
  • Census 2011: Hindus 79.8%, Muslims 14.2%; SC 16.6%, ST 8.6%
  • Language families: Indo-Aryan ~78%, Dravidian ~20%, Austro-Asiatic, Tibeto-Burman; 22 in Eighth Schedule
  • 11 classical languages (5 added Oct 2024: Marathi, Pali, Prakrit, Assamese, Bengali)
  • Matrilineal: Khasi, Garo; 75 PVTGs
  • Tools: Arts 29–30, Fifth/Sixth Schedules, Art 371, linguistic states
  • Srinivas: Sanskritisation, dominant caste; Dumont: purity–pollution
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