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The Chain is a agrarian caste, found mainly in Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. They have traditionally been associated with cultivation and fishery. [1]
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In West Bengal, although the Chain community is widely dispersed through the state, the Government granted Scheduled Castes (SC) status only to Chain members in four districts: Malda, Murshidabad, Nadia and Dakshin Dinajpur. [2] Accordingly, the Socio Economic and Caste Census 2011 specifically reported the Chain only in these locations. [3] The total Chain population in West Bengal is more than thirty-five lakhs (3,500,000). And the Chain population in India is estimated to be around one crore (10,000,000). The National Commission for Scheduled Castes was reported in 2015 to be initiating a process to extend SC status to the community throughout West Bengal. [2]