The surname bairagi relates to bairagi caste such as vaishnava,swami etc.
No, Bairagi is not a Scheduled Caste in West Bengal. Bairagi is a Hindu sect involved in religious activities. Scheduled Castes are socially disadvantaged groups identified in the Indian Constitution for positive discrimination.
They are vaishnav brahmans. They worship vishnu. They are called by many names such as bairagi, swami, vaishnav brahmans, vishnuvanshi, sadhu, bawa etc. They are found in each part of india.
Kayasthha
Kayasta
Vaishnav brahmin(bairagi)
Vaishav caste and now under Obc B (napith) is a forward caste in wb
kulin kshatriya.they are the top most kshatriya in bengali community.
Bawa is a Bairagi Brahmin caste, which is also available through out India with different names corresponding to states, Banda bahadur was Bairagi Brahmin earlier, During the community violence during 84, many Brahmins converted to sikh, with further generation continuous with it.
Sarkar is Persian word known as government. They served Islam and British as rulers.In india specially bengalis belong to caste Sarkar. Sarkars are bengali rajputanas. They are khatriya too but every khatriyas are not rajputs.
Kar refers to highly educated caste among bengalis...Infact more than 95% of kar's are h.s pas.....they are very intellectual....Their taste is very good for food....
They are Kshatriyas , they were generally residents of North India, Haryana, and bought to Bengal to fight the British Empire. Now they are Bengalis.