In 1826, the total strength of students from the Shudra community in Indian schools was 65 percent.

There is insufficient publicly available evidence at the current time to verify this claim accurately.

There is insufficient publicly available evidence at the current time to verify this claim accurately.According to the collectors’ reports reviewed by Governor Sir Thomas Munro on March 10, 1826, of the 30,211 male school students in Madras Presidency, 20 percent were Brahmins and Chettris, 9 percent were Vaishyas, 50 percent were Shudras, and 6 percent were Muslims. Others constituted 15 percent. Madras Presidency then consisted of areas that fall in modern-day Tamil Nadu, Andhra, Orissa, Kerala, and Karnataka. Another report by J Dent, Secretary, Fort George, dated February 12, 1825, stated that out of 1,88,680 scholars in all collectorates of Madras Presidency, Brahmins were 23 percent, while Shudras constituted 45 percent.

There is no clarity on the total number and enough sources publicly available to verify this claim.