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1 The Bhat include a Muslim minority. 2 The Dhobi include a small Muslim minority. 3 The Sheikh-Abbasi include a small Muslim minority. 4 The Ghosi are Muslim. 5 The Hajjam or Salmani are Muslim. 6 The Kanjar include a Muslim minority. 7 The Kamboh include a Muslim minority. 8 The Manihar are Muslim.
Mahar (in Marathi महार) is one of the dominant caste found in Maharashtra. They were considered as untouchables or low caste. Majority of this community is found in Vidharbha region and neighbouring areas. [11][12] They are considered as the original inhabitants of Maharashtra (The early settlers of Maharashtra).
A group of Kunbis in Central India, 1916. Kunbi (alternatively Kanbi) (Marathi: ISO 15919: Kuṇabī, Gujarati: ISO 15919: Kaṇabī) [1][2][3] is a generic term applied to several castes of traditional farmers in Western India. [4][5][6] These include the Dhonoje, Ghatole, Masaram, Hindre, Jadav, Jhare, Khaire, Lewa (Leva Patil), Lonare and ...
Goa. In accordance with The Constitution (Goa, Daman and Diu) Scheduled Tribes Order, 1968 and as inserted by Act 18 of 1987. [9] Dhodia. Dubla (Halpati) Naikda (Talavia) Siddi (Nayaka) Varli. This list has been updated by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India, to add the following three.
Hinduism, Ravidasia, Lingayatism, Sikhism, Buddhism. Chambhar is caste from Indian state of Maharashtra, and Northern Karnataka. Their traditional occupation was leather work. [1] Historically subject to untouchability, they were traditionally outside the Hindu ritual ranking system of castes known as varna.
The Maratha caste[note 1] is composed of 96 clans, originally formed in the earlier centuries from the amalgamation of families from the peasant (Kunbi), shepherd (Dhangar), blacksmith (Lohar), pastoral (Gavli), carpenter (Sutar), Bhandari, Thakar and Koli castes in Maharashtra. Many of them took to military service in the 16th century for the ...
The Mang, or Matang, community is an Indian caste mainly residing in the state of Maharashtra. Matang are known as Madiga "kommati" in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. The community was historically believed to be associated with village security and professions such as rope making, broom making, musicians, cattle castration, leather ...
The rise of the Hindu nationalist Shiv Sena and the Bharatiya Janata Party in recent years have not dented Maratha caste representation in the Maharashtra Legislative assembly. [87] After the Maratha-Kunbi cluster, the scheduled caste (SC) Mahars are numerically the second-largest community among the Marathi people in Maharashtra.