there's very little reliable data on inter-caste marriages in india.. all kinds of anecdotal wisdom is thrown around as 'knowledge'.., according to the census 2011, the percentage of inter-caste marriages is 5.8% of all marriages..
even that can't be trusted as completely accurate, but that's a little more believable.. the census also says that the rate of inter-caste marriages is higher in rural areas than in the metros.. so there.. that challenges two popular myths -
that there are more inter-caste marriages in cities.. and that the cities are more progressive than the villages (it also bolsters a theory i'd shared many times here - that it is the cities which are the cesspits of caste now, from where it percolates to the villages)..
the census also says education also doesn't lead to more inter-caste marriages.. which also means that the most educated strata in indian society, the brahmins, (whose literacy rates were very high, even in the 1911 census.. comparable or better than most west european countries)
indulge the least in inter-caste marriages.. let me add my own two bits of anecdotal 'wisdom' here - i've seen more inter-caste marriages among the lower castes than among brahmins and the dominant castes..
so there is no question of the brahmins in tamil nadu facing shortage of brides due to excessive inter-caste marriages.. it's plainly due to female infanticide.
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