In Chapter 1, using IHDS-II (2011–12) and on the basis of primary source of household income, households were categorised in different classes, including three categories of middle class. Here, we will examine the caste compositions of different identified classes in urban India. Table A6.1 presents the class composition of each caste group in urban India. According to the table, among the SCs and STs in urban India the majority of households belong to the labouring households (36.36 per cent of SCs and 31.84 per cent of STs throughout urban India), which is much higher than the average percentage of the total population in the labouring classes in urban India. Furthermore, almost 56.5 per cent of Brahmins and 40.17 per cent of Forward Castes belong to the top two categories of the middle class, while only 19 per cent of the SCs and 28.9 per cent of ST households in urban India belong to the top two categories of the middle class. This is indicative of the caste disparities in class membership in urban India, with the middle and the upper classes being consisting primarily of upper castes. Therefore, the upper caste character is one of the defining characteristics of the urban middle classes. However, comparing the result of caste compositions of middle classes in urban India with the result from rural India (presented in Table 4.12) shows greater caste disparities among rural classes.