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Sharma 2009

Percentages from their Table 1 (after 6 typo corrections) reconstituted into what is supposed to be a contingency table.

• Typos corrected before conversion:
  • JK Gujars/Q(xQ5): 2.0% -> 2.04%
  • JK Gujars/R1a1: 40.86% -> 40.82%
  • UP Brahmins/L: 3.21% -> 3.23%
  • Punjab Brahmins/C5: 3.58% -> 3.57%
  • Gujarat Brahmins/C5: 3.33% -> 3.13%
  • Gujarat Brahmins/E: 3.33% -> 3.13%

• In 8 out of 16 rows (marked with crosses), Sharma et al report percentages which amount to non-integral numbers of persons for the stated sample size. However, the sample size column correctly totals to 621, as reported in the paper; and similarly, the percentages in all 16 rows correctly total to 100% in each case. It follows that the percentages in the 8 erroneous rows either pertain to some other data set altogether or are fabricated for purposes unknown.

• "Correct" proportionality factors are shown in parentheses after the cross marks, e.g. the sample size for the Himachal Brahmin row has to be a multiple of 19 for the reported percentages to amount to integral values. The MP Saharia row has extremely incommensurate values: the minimal first difference of 0.16 between F* and R2 implies a multiplier of at least 6:1, which jacks the proportionality factor into mid-3 figures at a minimum.

Area	Population	Status	Size	C5	E	F*	G	H*	H1	J2	K*/K2	L	N	O	P*	Q(xQ5)	Q5	R*	R1*	R1a*	R1a1	R2
North
Y	JK Kashmir Pandits	Br	51	1		2	1		5	5	5	3				3		1	6	2	10	7
Y	JK Kashmir Gujars	Tr	49	1		2			5	3	4	8				1			1		20	4
Y	UP Brahmins	Br	31						5	1		1				1	1				21	1
N (28)	Punjab Brahmins	Br	49	1.75		1.75	1.75			10.5		3.5									17.5	12.25
N (19)	Himachal Brahmins	Br	30	1.58		4.74			3.16	1.58		1.58							1.58		14.21	1.58
Central
N (27)	UP (South) Kols	Tr	30						3.33	10				12.22							4.44
N (37)	UP (South) Gonds	Tr	38						22.59	7.19	4.11		1.03	3.08
Y	MP Brahmins	Br	42			1			3	10		3	1		1	1	1				16	5
N (16)	MP Gonds	Tr	31					1.94	17.44		1.94			1.94		1.94					5.81
N (??)	MP Saharia	Tr	57			2.9		5.87	13.34			1.85				1				13	16	3.06
East
Y	Bihar Brahmins	Br	38	1						1	2	5				1	1		2		23	2
Y	Bihar Paswan	SC	27			1	3	3	1	1		2		1				1	3		11
N (18)	WB Brahmins	Br	30						1.67												21.67	6.67
West
N (30)	Maharashtra Brahmins	Br	32	1.07			1.07	1.07	2.13	5.33	1.07	3.2	1.07	1.07							13.87	1.07
Y	Gujarat Bhils	Tr	22	2				4	2	4		4									2	4
Y	Gujarat Brahmins	Br	64	2	2		7		1	10	2	5	2						6		21	6
	Total		621	11.39	2	15.38	13.82	15.87	85.66	69.6	20.11	41.12	5.09	19.31	1	9.93	3	2	19.58	15	217.5	53.62