sub-castes

Interestingly, it seems that most of the threads under topics related to Brahmins have to do with defining the different types of Brahmins under various sub-castes.

Global Voices in English » Caste Based Communities on Orkut Mirror India’s Splintered Society 2009

A state commission constituted to identify sub-castes for targeting government help, recommended 21 out of 22 sub-castes to be classified as Mahadalits.

Indians Of 2010: Nitish Kumar K.P. Narayana Kumar 2011

A state commission constituted to identify sub-castes for targeting government help, recommended 21 out of 22 sub-castes to be classified as Mahadalits.

A Person of the Year: Nitish Kumar K.P. Narayana Kumar 2011

Across India's estimated 6,400 sub-castes, the system came to define a person's socioeconomic status.

For India's Lowest Castes, Path Forward Is 'Backward' Geeta Anand 2011

Its population of 30 million includes more than 100 ethnic groups, nearly as many languages and 60 castes and sub-castes.

The challenge of keeping Nepalese girls in school | Emma Reynolds 2011

There are dedicated websites for sub-castes as well.

Global Voices in English » Caste Based Communities on Orkut Mirror India’s Splintered Society 2009

Decades of unscrupulous politics had pitted communities, castes and sub-castes against each other.

Marie-Lou Fernandes: Good Governance Matters, In India Marie-Lou Fernandes 2010

Decades of unscrupulous politics had pitted communities, castes and sub-castes against each other.

Marie-Lou Fernandes: Good Governance Matters, In India Marie-Lou Fernandes 2010

Decades of unscrupulous politics had pitted communities, castes and sub-castes against each other.

Marie-Lou Fernandes: Good Governance Matters, In India Marie-Lou Fernandes 2010

They created a list or "schedule" of all the dalit sub-castes deserving preferential treatment and handed them 17.5% of the seats in the parliament and state legislatures.

India's Government By Quota 2010