Hyderabad, April 18 --  The Telangana Socio, Economic, Educational, Employment, Political and Caste (SEEEPC) Survey-2024 has shed new light on the state of inter-caste marriages across 56 castes, revealing a society in transition, but one where the pace and nature of change vary sharply across communities.

The survey's most striking finding is that certain upper-caste communities are recording the highest rates of inter-caste marriages. Other Caste (OC) Iyengars/Iyers top the list with 12 per cent of households reporting such unions, followed by Backward Classes (BC)-C Scheduled Caste (SC) Christians (9.9 per cent) and OC Rajus (8.7 per cent).

BC-C SC Christians are also known as Dalit Christians.

The report attributes this trend ...