Hyderabad, April 17 -- The Socio, Economic, Educational, Employment, Political and Caste (SEEEPC) survey commissioned by the Telangana government last year has indicated the prevalence of small and fragmented landholdings, with 80% of the households falling under the small landholding category having less than five acres.

The SEEEPC survey, completed in January 2025, was kept in public domain on Wednesday night, after state backward classes welfare minister Ponnam Prabhakar, along with chief secretary K Ramakrishna Rao released it to the media.

"The survey, covering approximately 35.5 million individuals across 242 castes, was the first comprehensive door-to-door caste survey of its kind in independent India," Prabhakar said.

The surve...