Is patel caste obc

Answer 1

Patel is a surname and not a single caste.Actually this surname belongs to the Upper Caste Landlord Patidars of Gujarat who constitute about 25% of the population of the state.In the state of Gujarat itself,Kolis,an O.B.C community,uses the same surname Patel...Patel surname is also used by the Anjana Choudhary, an OBC community of Gujarat....Some Banias of Gujarat also use this surname Patel..Moreover in the state of Gujarat itself,other communities like the Gurjars(OBC),Rajputs,Lohana use the surname Patel...And to add to it...some sunni Muslim Community and the Parsis of Gujarat also use the surname Patel....Now...In the state of Karnataka itself...there are Lingayats,a dominant Upper Caste,also sometimes adopt the surname Patel...One example is the former C.M of Karnataka, J.H.Patel....Now in the state of Andhra Pradesh,some Kapu(an upper caste) landlords of the state also adopt the surname Patel...their surnames are like Arun Reddy Patel....Now in the state of Orissa,there are Aghrias,and Khandayats which are Kshtriyas use the surname Patel...Now in the state of Madhya Pradesh,there are Lodhis or Lodhi Rajputs(an OBC community) who use the surname Patel..One example is Mr Prahlad Singh Patel...In the state of Madhya Pradesh itself,there are some Jats, Kurmis who use the surname Patel..One example is Mr Kamal Patel...Now..there are Kurmis(an upper caste community) in the state of Madhya Pradesh who use the surname Patel....In the state of Uttar Pradesh...there are Kurmis who use the surname Patel...One example is Sone lal Patel...And last...In the state of Maharastra...there are some Marathas,a dominant upper Kshtriya caste,who also write Patel as their surname instead of Patil....