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The Sunar (alternately, Swarnkar ,Soni, Sonar, Singh, Shah, Sonkar) is a caste in India and Nepal.The Sunar community work as traders of gold or as goldsmiths. [2] The community is primarily Hindu , Buddhist, Christian, Muslim and found all over India and Nepal.
Brahmin Swarnkar,Shrimali Swarnkar,Brahman Soni The Brahmin Swarnkar are an Indian caste of Shrimali Brahmans, which developed from Shrimal Nagar (now known as Bhinmal). A group of Brahmins adopted a Swarnkar business for their enhancement of life style, and so these Brahmins are called as "Brahmin Swarnkars".
21 Only Muslim Mochis are in the OBC list, the Hindu section have Scheduled Caste status. 22 caste mahigeer faruki ob list Explanation: In the above list for Uttar Pradesh for all castes linked with traditional hereditary occupations, except those entered with specific mention of name of religion, are included, irrespective of whether their ...
In the late 19th century and 20th century, many Indian lower caste groups underwent sanskritisation in order to seek upward mobility to a high Varna status as that of Brahmins or Kshatriyas. The Castes such as Kurmis , Gadarias , Kachi , Jatavs , [ 4 ] : 68–74 Lodhs , Kalwar , [ 5 ] Ahirs [ 3 ] : 144–148 underwent sanskritisation in order ...
Sunar (alternately, Sonar or Swarnkar, Soni) is a community of people who work as goldsmiths. [42] The community is primarily Hindu , and found all over Rajasthan. The Sunar caste is in central [ 43 ] [ 44 ] [ 45 ] as well as the state [ 46 ] OBC list in Rajasthan.
The Census 2011 recorded 11.65 lakh rural houseless people, while in SECC their numbers were only 6.1 lakh. The provisional rural data of SECC 2011 shows Scheduled Castes at 18.46% (or 15.88 crore), Scheduled Tribes at 10.97% (9.27 crore), Others at 68.52%, and 2.04% (or 36.57 lakh) as “No Caste & Tribe” households.
The evolution of the lower caste and tribe into the modern-day Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe is complex. The caste system as a stratification of classes in India originated about 2,000 years ago, and has been influenced by dynasties and ruling elites, including the Mughal Empire and the British Raj.
The caste system in Kerala differed from that found in the rest of India.While the Indian caste system generally divided the four-fold Varna division of the society into Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas and Shudras, in Kerala, there existed only two varnas: Brahmins and Shudras, out of these four, while others were classified as Avarna.