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You detect light to know when to wake up or something is happening. Totally blind people also have the mechanism and why they know when it is morning (unless they are missing the organ). I am sure there are other reasons.
Most blind people have some vision
Complete blindness is pretty rare I think
https://www.cdc.gov/visionhealth/vehss/estimates/vision-loss-prevalence.html
https://www.afb.org/blindness-and-low-vision/eye-conditions/low-vision-and-legal-blindness-terms-and-descriptions