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Puran (Bhanja Puran or Tamudia Puran) is a caste group of East India. They are primarily inhabitants of Odisha, West Bengal and Jharkhand. [1] They are currently considered as Other Backward Class, [2] but Jharkhand and Odisha government proposed to include in Scheduled Tribes list. [3] [4]
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Distribution of state-wise caste in Central OBC list ... Number of castes in Central OBC list Maharashtra: 261 Odisha: 200 ...
Chasas are classified under the OBC category in Odisha, where Odapadhan, a subdivision of the Chasa caste, belong to the SEBC category.Risley notes that, since the caste system is not practiced as per the Varna model he was idolizing, it was possible for outsiders to become Chasas, and wealthy Chasas who took up the title Mohanty could marry into Karana families. [12]
This is a list of Scheduled Castes in India. The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes are those considered the most socio-economic disadvantaged in India, and are officially defined in the Constitution of India in order to aid equality initiatives. The Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950 lists 1,109 castes across 28 states. [1]
Khandayat, also spelled Khandait, is a cultivating caste, [2] [3] as well as a peasant militia [3] or landed militia caste from Odisha, East India. [4] [5] Some of them had earlier served as feudal chiefs as well as zamindars apart from being land holders and agriculturalists.
Demographic Profile of Scheduled Tribes in Odisha (1961 - 2011) (PDF) (Revised ed.). Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Research and Training Institute (SCSTRTI), ST & SC Development Department, Govt. of Odisha. ISBN 978-93-80705-47-7. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 19, 2023.
Rautia are included in list of Other Backward Class in Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Odisha. [5] [6] [7] In 2016, The Dr Ram Dayal Munda Tribal Research Institute recommend inclusion of Rautia caste in Schedule Tribe list. According to TRI, Rautia have primitive features, distinctive culture and are backward in social, educational and economical ...
In 1891 Census, Herbert Hope Risley(1891) has categorised Chik-Baraik as sub-caste of weaving caste Pans. According to Risley in North Odisha, South and West Chotanagpur reside various weaver caste known by different names in different places such by Pamoa, Pan, Pab, Panika , Chik, Chik-Baraik, Baraik, Ganda , Swansi, Mahato, Tanti etc.