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- ↑ People of India Uttar Pradesh Volume XLII edited by A Hasan & J C Das page 1232 to 1236
- ↑ People of India Uttar Pradesh Volume XLII edited by A Hasan & J C Das page 1234
- ↑ People of India Uttar Pradesh Volume XLII edited by A Hasan & J C Das page 1235
- ↑ Darpan, Pratiyogita (July 2007). "State At A Glance - Uttar Pradesh". Pratiyogita Darpan. 2 (13): 81.
- ↑ "State wise Scheduled Tribes — Uttar Pradesh" (PDF). Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 November 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
- ↑ "A-10 Individual Scheduled Caste Primary Census Abstract Data and its Appendix - Uttar Pradesh". Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 6 February 2017.