Sarak

The Saraks (Bengali: সরাক) (from Sanskrit Śrāvaka) is a community in Bihar, Bengal, Orissa and Jharkhand. They have been followers of Jainism since ancient times, however were isolated and separated from the main body of the Jain community in western, northern and southern India.The governments of India and West Bengal both have classified Saraks under Other Backward Classes since 1994.