no vashisht is definitely not a sc ... thay are Brahmins.the surname is after maharishi vashisht who was a a famous sage.
No they are not sc. They belongs to general category (Vasisht Rajput)
Basit caste is not schedule caste, so to remove its identity as schedule caste they are now called vashisht rajput.
Vashisht Rajput or Basith Rajputana's is clan of Kshatriya Rajput's they are descendents of Rishi Vaishishta (GURU OF HINDU PRINCE GOD RAMA & LASKHMAN) they live in Jammur & Kashmir region before the first Islamic invasion which was done muhammad ghaznavi) after the ghaznavi's invasion many of the Vashisht Rajput Kings were appointed as 'Senapati' or 'Main Advisors' of Muslim Kings in India / Hindustan ... later these Vashisht Rajput settled in Uttar Pradesh mainly in Ayodhya & Vaishishta Nagar.. there blood line is very rare and have Afghani and Kashmiri Roots in them!
1s maurya caste a schedule caste?
no schedule caste & general caste
Yes, chauhan can belong to schedule caste . I have seen many such chauhans who come under schedule caste.
No they are not
yes, katheriya is schedule caste. I am anil katheriya from Luckow
OBC
No
no they are jain
schedule caste
BERA SURNAME IS UNDER schedule caste