Yadav Caste, Community & Personality Guides
Start with the caste questions most people actually search — is Yadav OBC or General, which category applies in your state, how many gotras and sub-castes there are — then move to the verified personality archive and our fact-checking standards.
Yadav Caste Category: OBC or General, State-Wise Entries, Gotra, Kuldevta & Population
A fact-checked answer to the Yadav caste category question: OBC or General, SC or OBC, BC or MBC, BC1 or BC2, and what the notified Central List of OBCs actually says state by state, with entry numbers and resolution dates quoted for fourteen states and union territories on 14 October 2026. Also covers gotra, kuldevta, population in UP and Bihar, Yadav Divas, the same-gotra marriage rule and how to verify a category claim officially.
Yadav Caste Category in Bihar: OBC Entry, Population and Reservation
Bihar's Yadav category answered from the documents: entry No. 104 on the Central List of OBCs reads Yadav with Gwala, Ahir, Gope and Sadgope, notified 10/09/1993 and amended 13/01/2004 with nothing after it, so the 2025 and 2026 answer is unchanged. Why BC, EBC and OBC are three labels for one position, why BC1 and BC2 are not Bihar's words at all, how large the community is on the state's own 2022 caste survey, where the 65 percent quota law stands after the Patna High Court struck it down, and how a non-creamy-layer certificate is applied for.
Yadav Election Results: Tejashwi at Raghopur, Khesari at Chapra and What Bihar 2025 Counted
The counted numbers behind the Yadav politicians people search for after an election: Tejashwi Prasad Yadav at Raghopur, Ram Kripal Yadav at Danapur, Khesari Lal Yadav's defeat at Chapra, the Uttar Pradesh by-election route, the 2025 alliance totals, and how to verify any of it yourself.
Yadav Surname and Caste: What the Name Proves and What It Cannot
A direct answer for the surname question: what community the Yadav name marks, why it is a weak caste detector because the name was adopted in the twentieth century and not inherited, which other names the same community family carries, what a surname can and cannot settle for reservation, and which document decides the case.
Yadav Caste Category by State: Central List Entries, Local Names & Population
Yadav caste category state by state, read from the Central List of OBCs schedules on 14 October 2026: the entry number and the quoted wording for Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Kerala, the local name each row carries, which list governs a central versus a state post, why BC-I, BC-II and BC-A are state vocabulary the central list never uses, and why Telangana, Odisha, Uttarakhand, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh are marked not verified.
Yadav Gotra, Sub-Caste and Varna: How Many Gotras, Kshatriya or Shudra
A verified answer on Yadav gotra, the sub-caste question and varna: why there is no single Yadav gotra and no confirmed gotra count, which clan names recur in north Indian lists, how many sub-castes the community actually contains, and why the colonial census recorded Yadavs as Shudra while the community claims Kshatriya status.
Yadav OBC or General? The Reservation Answer, Central List vs State List
A verified answer to the two most-searched Yadav caste questions: is Yadav OBC or General, and is Yadav SC or OBC. It covers the Central List of OBCs, why the state list is the one that actually applies, what OBC status does and does not grant, the creamy-layer test and its current income ceiling, the EWS route, and the community's contested General-category petition, each claim tied to a dated source.
Minor Yadav Names In The News 2025–26: Who Is Who (Pappu, Mohan, Radha, Bhupender, Dularchand, Naveen, Bharti, Gagan)
A fact-checked who-is-who for the smaller Yadav name-searches that spike around news events: Pappu Yadav's party and cricketer son, Mohan Yadav the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, women's cricketer Radha Yadav, Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav, the Jubilee Hills winner Naveen Yadav, the Mokama case's Dularchand Yadav, Bharti Yadav, influencer-politician Gagan Yadav, and the Tejasvi-versus-Tejashwi spelling trap, each answer tied to a dated, citable source.
Notable Yadav Personalities: The Verified Guide to Cricket, Politics & Culture
A guide to the leading Yadav personalities in cricket, Indian politics and public life (Suryakumar Yadav, Kuldeep Yadav, Akhilesh Yadav, Tejashwi Yadav, Rajpal Yadav and more) with verified records, the source standards each profile is held to, and how to read this archive.
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