Jain Bunt

The Jain Bunt are the Jains of Bunt caste from Tulunaad area of India.^[1] It has been said that the Jain Bunts also have the highest per capita income in India.^[2]^{[better source needed]}^{[citation needed]} They have a feudal and martial race heritages, because of ties to the erstwhile royalty of the area.^[3] They are classified as Other Backward Class (OBC) by the Government of Karnataka.^[4]^[5]

^ Kumar Suresh Singh, Anthropological Survey of India (2004). People of India: Maharashtra, Volume 1. Popular Prakashan. pp. 387–391(Emigrant Bunts by P. Dhar). ISBN 978-81-7991-100-6.
^ "Census 2001 data on religion released". .Press Information Bureau - Indian Government. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
^ "Moodbidri — woods of yore". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 24 April 2005. Archived from the original on 26 April 2005. Retrieved 25 January 2008.
^ "Backward Classes, Karnataka" (PDF). p. 2,15.:p2.”Candidates belonging to Category-ll(A),. 1(B), III(A), and III(B) shall be entitled to reservation in the manner specified in the new Comprehensive Creamy Layer policy”;p15. Jain Bunt is listed under III(B)
^ "Caste Report". Karnataka ePASS(Electronic Payment and Application System of Scholars). Department of Backward Classes Welfare, Government of Karnataka. 2021. Retrieved 6 March 2021.