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  2. Category:Social groups of Karnataka - Wikipedia

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  3. Devadiga - Wikipedia

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    The traditional caste council of Devadiga settles disputes among them. Gurikara is the head of the caste council. Those who violate caste norms are punished by imposition of fine. They have a caste association named as 'Devadiga Sudaraka Sangha' which looks after the welfare of the group. The statutory panchayat plans the welfare and ...

  4. Ethnic groups in Karnataka - Wikipedia

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    Karnataka is a state in the southern part of India. It was created on 1 November 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act.Karnataka is bordered by the Arabian Sea to the west, Goa to the north-west, Maharashtra to the north, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh to the east, Tamil Nadu to the south-east, and Kerala to the south-west.

  5. Vishwakarma community - Wikipedia

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    The community claims to be descended from the god Vishvakarma, who is considered by Hindus to be the divine architect or engineer of the universe.He had five children — Manu, Maya, Tvastar, Shilpi and Visvajna — and these are believed by the Vishwakarma community to have been the forebears of their five subgroups, being respectively the gotras (clans) of blacksmiths, carpenters, bell ...

  6. Linga Balija - Wikipedia

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    Linga Balija is a subcaste of the Indian Balija caste. The Linga Balijas are a Telugu speaking trading community primarily residing in the Indian state of Andhra pradesh. [1] [2] In Karnataka, they are known as Banajigas. [3] Linga Balijas, who are traders, are described in the Madras Census Report of 1901 as a Lingayat sub-caste of the Balija ...

  7. Dhangar - Wikipedia

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    Dhangar (shepherds) is a sub-caste of the Gadaria caste in Delhi, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, the Kuruba caste in Karnataka and the Bharwad caste in Gujarat. [47] [52] [48] [45] [46] Gadaria, Kuruba are classified as Other Backward Class in those respective states while Bharwad is classified as Scheduled Tribe in Gujarat, in India's system ...

  8. Bunt (community) - Wikipedia

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    The Bunt (/ ˈ b ʌ n t /, [1] Tulu: [bɐɳʈɐɾɯ]) people are an Indian community who historically have inhabited the Tulu Nadu region in South India. [2] Bunts were traditionally a warrior-class or martial caste community, [3] [4] with agrarian origins, [2] forming the landed gentry of the region. [5]

  9. Namadhari Naik - Wikipedia

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    Namadhari Naik, also known as Hale paika, Namadhari Naik, Namadhari Gowda, is a Hindu warrior community predominantly found in Uttara Kannada of Karnataka State in India, and forms the numerical majority in the region.