Central List of Other Backward Classes of Bihar

Below is a list of caste

Caste

Caste is an elaborate and complex social system that combines elements of endogamy, occupation, culture, social class, tribal affiliation and political power. It should not be confused with race or social class, e.g. members of different castes in one society may belong to the same race, as in India...

s that have been accorded Other Backward Classes status.

Sl. Number	Name of the Castes/Sub-castes/Synonyms	Entry Number in the Communities Central List
*1	Abdal Abdal (caste) The Abdal are Muslim community found in North India. They are a sub-group within the Faqir community. - Origin :The Abdal are one of a number of Muslim semi-nomadic community, traditionally associated with begging at shrines of Sufi saints. They are likely to be a division of the Domba community...	1
*2	Agariya Agariya The Agariya are one of the Scheduled Tribes of India. They live primarily in Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. Those in the vicinity of Mirzapur were involved in mining and smelting iron during the British Raj....	2
*3	Aghori	3
*4	Amaat	4
*5	Bagdi Bagdi (caste) The Bagdis are indigenous people descended from people with Dravidian links found in the Indian state of West Bengal and Bangladesh. The Bagdis are populous in Bankura, Birbhum and other districts in the western fringe of West Bengal...	77
*6	Bakho Bakho -Origin:The Bakho are a nomadic community, who are a traditionally associated with singing folk songs. They visit their patrons from other castes on special occasions, such as a birth of a child. The community speak Urdu. Little is known about their origin, but it is likely they are division of the... (Muslim)	130
*7	Banpar	113
*8	Barai Barai (caste) The Barai are a Hindu caste found in the state Uttar Pradesh in India. They are also known as Chaurasia, and are a sub-group within the larger Tamboli community of South Asia. -Origin:...	82
*9	Barhai Barhai The Barhai , or sometimes pronounced Badhai are Hindu caste, found in North India. They are also known as Panchali, Chowrasia,and Kolash. A small number are also found in the Terai region of Nepal. -History and origin:... (Viswakarma)	81
*10	Bari Bari (caste) -Origin:The community get their name from the Sanskrit word vari meaning water. According to their traditions, they were the lords of the waterways. The Bari are likely to be sub-group of the Kewat community. They claim descent from Kirat Bari, a soldier in the army of Maharana Pratap...	78
*11	Beldar Beldar The Beldar are scheduled caste[], found in North Indianow also in Maharashtra.people of mh they speak their own languages name Beldari in their house. -History and origin:...	79
*12	Bhar Bhar The Bhar are a Hindu caste found in North India. They are also known as Rajbhar. British historian General Cunningham said that Bhars are branch of the Ahir tribe.-History and origin:...	85
*13	Bhaskar	86
*14	Bhat Rai Bhat The Rai Bhat are a Hindu caste found in North India. They are also known as Dasaundhi, Bandiji, Barna, Barwa, Bhargava, Bhatela, Maharaj, Raja and Raoji. The community have been the heredity bards and genealogists of many castes in India... , Bhatt	88
*15	Bhathiara Bhatiara The Bhatiara are a Pathan community, found in North India. They are also known as Farooqi or Shaikh Farooqi.-History and origin:... (Muslim)	84
*16	Bind Bind (tribe) The Bind are scheduled caste, found in North India. They are also known as Chatai Bin or Chai.-History and origin:They originate from the Vindhya hills in central India. According to their traditions, the daughter of Nisadh, on the way to her husband's house, was passing by a river, when she was...	80
*17	Bhuihar, Bhuiyar Bhuiyar The Bhuiyar or Bhuyiar are a Hindu caste found in North India, and those in Uttar Pradesh, Delhi have scheduled caste status. They are also known as Bhanyar Julaha; Kabirpanthi and Kori. The traditional occupation of Bhuiyar Caste is weaving...	87
*18	Chain Chain (caste) The Chain, sometimes also pronounced as Chai, are cultivating and fishing caste found in eastern Uttar Pradesh in India. They are a sub-group within the larger Kewat communinity of North India.- Origin :... , Chayeen	39
*19	Chapota	40
*20	Chandrabanshi (Kahar Kahar Kahar is an ancient community of India. They are divided in to Hindu ,Muslim and Sikhs respectively. The muslim kahar chiefly found in Punjab,Haryana and western belt of Uttar Pradesh... )	41
*21	Chanou	43
*22	Chik Chik The Chik are a Muslim community, found in the states of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh in India. They are also known as Bakar Qasab, Buz Qassab and Chikwa. The Chik have been granted Other Backward Class status in both Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.... (Muslim)	38
*23	Christian converts from Other Backward Classes	121
*24	Christian converts from Schedule Castes	120
*25	Churihar Churihar -Origin:The word Churihar us derived from the Hindi word chura hara, literally a manufacturer of bangles. They were traditionally associated with the manufacture of bangles, and have no origin myth. It is likely, that they are amalgam of different groups who took to manufacturing bangles, and are... (Muslim)	42
*26	Dafali Dafali The Dafali are a Muslim community found in the state Uttar Pradesh in India. They are also known as Shaikh Derveshi or just Derveshi. The Dafali have been granted Other Backward Class status.-Origin:... (Muslim)	46
*27	Dangi Dangi The Dangi are a Hindu caste found in the states of Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Hariyana, Gujarat, Uttrakhand, Maharastra, Chhatisgarh, Jharkhand, Punjab, and Nepal.-History and origin:...	123
*28	Devhar	55
*29	Dhamin	59
*30	Dhanuk Dhanuk The Dhanuk are an ethnic group found in Bangladesh, India and Nepal. In India, the Dhanuk, who are also known as Dharhi and are found in the states of Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. They have been granted Scheduled Caste status. In Nepal, they are settled in the Terai districts of Saptari,...	56
*31	Dhanwar	122
*32	Dhankar	60
*33	Dhekaru	47
*34	Dhimar	61
*35	Dhobi Muslim Dhobi The Muslim Dhobi are a Muslim community that is traditionally involved in washing clothes in South Asia. They are considered to be Muslim converts from the Hindu Dhobi caste, and are found in North India and Pakistan... (Muslim)	57
*36	Dhunia Behna The Behna are a Muslim community, found in North India . In eastern Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, they were known as Dhuna or Dhunia. They also known as Naddaf in South India and Pinjara in Gujarat and Rajasthan... (Muslim)	58
*37	Gaddi Muslim Gaddi The Muslim Gaddi are a Muslim community found mainly in North India. After the partition of India in 1947, the Gaddi of the states of Haryana and Delhi migrated to Pakistan and are now found in the provinces of Punjab and Sindh. In Pakistan, the community is often referred to as Gadi Rajput, and...	30
*38	Gandarbh Gandharv The Gandharv, or sometimes pronounced Gandharb are a Hindu community found in North India.- Origin :The Gandharv are an ancient community, frequently mentioned in ancient Sanskrit texts as a group associated with singing and dancing to entertain the gods. They are divided into seven exogamous... or Gandharb	31
*39	Gangai (Ganesh)	32
*40	Gangota, Gangoth	33
*41	Ghatwar	37
*42	Godi (Chhava)	29
*43	Gorh, Gonrh (only in the district of Saran and Rohtas)	34
*44	Goud	36
*45	Gulgaliya	35
*46	Idrisi or Darzi Darzi The Darzi are a Muslim community, found in North India and Pakistan. Darzi means tailor in Urdu. A small number are also found in the Terai region of Nepal. They are also known as Idrisi or Idrisi Shaikh.-History and origin:... (Muslim)	119
*47	Jogi Jogi (castes) The Jogi are a Hindu community, found in North India, and smallers numbers also found in the southern state of Karnataka . They are known as Giri, Nath and Goswami.... (Jugi)	44
*48	Kadar	7
*49	Kaivartta/Kaibartta Kaibartta Kaibarta — The Kaibartas are found to be one of the aboriginal ethnic groups that inhabited in Orrisa, Bengal and Assam from unknown past. The most established theory is that the Kaibartas are Dravidians or they belong to Dravidian stalk...	8
*50	Kagzi	16
*51	Kalandar Qalandar (caste) The Qalandar are a Muslim community, found in North India . They are also known as Qalander Faqir. A few Qalandar are also found in the Terai region of Nepal.-History and origin:...	9
*52a	Kalwar Kalwar The Kalwar, Kalal or Kalar is a geographical title used by the Kalwar clan of Chandravanshi or Somvanshi Rajputs and Thakurs of Kalwar Thikana near Jaipur in Rajasthan referring to various geographical locations present globally viz. Kalal province in Pakistan, Qalal Azerbaijan, Kalar Iraq, Kalar...	124a
*52b	Kalar or Iraqi Iraqi biradri The word Birâdrî means Brotherhood originating from the word Birâdar meaning "Brother" in Persian. In Pakistan and India it is used to denote a number of social strata among Muslims....	124b
*53	Kamar (Lohar Lohar Lohar is an ethnic sub-caste found among Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims in Northern India and Northern Pakistan. Originally this community was a warrior tribe living in provinces of Kermanshah in Iran right up to Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan. In India the Lohars are also known as Vishwakarma, Sharma,... , Karmakar, Visvakarma)	18
*54	Kanu	17
*55	Kapadia	20
*56	Kasab Qassab The Qassab are members of the Muslim community involved in meat business. They are butchers and work in abattoirs and meat shops where they process and sell meat of poultry, seafood, cattle, goats, sheeps, etc. The most common surname of Qassab community is Quraishi. But all Quraishis are not ... (Kasai) (Muslim)	5
*57	Kaura	10
*58	Kawar	11
*59	Kewat Kewat The Kewat are a Hindu caste, found in the states of Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh in India. They are the traditional boatmen of North India.-History and origin:... or Keot	6
*60	Kharwar (only in the district of Sivan and Rohtas)	26
*61	Khangar Khangars The Khangar community are an ancient Kshatriya clan of Indian origin. They are referred to by many other names, such as Khangaar, Khungar, Khengar, Khagar, Khangdhar and Rai Khangar.They ruled large areas of Bundelkhand after the fall Chandels in 1182 AD...	23
*62	Khatik	22
*63	Khatwa	24
*64	Khatwe	25
*65	Khelta	28
*66	Khetauri, Khatauri	27
*67	Kochh	12
*68	Korku	13
*69	Kosta, Koshta Koshta The Koshta are a Hindu caste found in the states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar in India. They are also known as Kesri, which is also used as a surname.- Origin :...	21
*70	Kumarbhag Pahadia	14
*71	Kulahia Kulhaiya The Kulhaiya are a Muslim community found in the state of Bihar in India. They are one of the four sub-groups found with in the Shaikh community.-History and origin:...	125
*72	Kurmi Kurmi The Kurmi are a Hindu agricultural Jāti in India.The group has been associated with the Kunbi, though scholars differ as to whether the terms are synonymous. In 2006, the Indian government announced that Kurmi was considered synonymous with the Kunbi and Yellam castes in Maharashtra... and Kurmi (Mahto) (in Chhotanagpur Division only)	15
*73	Kushwaha Koiry Koiry or Koiri is an agricultural Hindu caste name and a Kshatriya sub-varna. People from the Koiry community are found in North India and Nepal.-History and Present Circumstances:... (Koeri)	19
*74	Laheri	112
*75	Madar	100
*76	Madari Madari The Madari are a Muslim community found in North India. They are a community of Muslim Faqirs.- Origin :The Madari are followers of a celebrated Sufi saint Zinda Shah of Makanpur in Awadh. His real name was Bazi ul din Shah and was born in Aleppo in Syria. The saint is said to still alive, hence... (Muslim)	91
*77	Mehtar, } Lal Begi Lal Begi The Lal Begi are a scheduled caste found in the states of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh in India . The Muslim branch of the Lal Begi are known as Hasnati and the Hindu branch are known as Balmiki.-History and origin:... , } (Muslim) Halalkhor Halalkhor The Halalkhor are a Dalit Muslim community , found in the states of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh in India . They are mostly Shias. The Halalkhor are also known as Shaikhra or Shahani in Bihar and Muslim Bhangi and Mehtar in Uttar Pradesh.... , } Bhangi	92
*78	Majhwar Majhwar The Majhwar are scheduled caste, found in North India. They are also known as Manjhi.-History and origin:The Majhwar get their name from the Hindi word madhya, which means those at the centre. They claim to have originally belonged to the Gond community...	94
*79	Malar (Malhar)	95
*80	Mali Mali caste The Mali are an occupational caste found among the Hindus who traditionally worked as gardners. They also call themselves Phul Mali, who derived their names from their occupation of growing flowers. The Mali are found throughout North India, East India as well as the Terai region of Nepal and... (Malakar)	89
*81	Mallah Mallaah The Mallah are the traditional boatmen caste and ethnic group of North India, East India and Pakistan. A small number of Mallah are also found in Nepal.... (Surhiya, Kewat Murawari)	90
*82	Mangar (Magar)	96
*83	Markande	97
*84	Maulik	98
*85	Mauriaro Murao The Murao or Maurya are a Hindu Kshatriya caste, who are agriculturists, found in the state of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya State in India.- History and origin :The Murao claim descent from the ancient Maurya dynasty... , Mauriara	101
*86	Miriasin Mirasi The Mirasi are a Muslim or Sikh caste, found in Northern India and Pakistan. They are also known as Pakhwaji, Kalawart and Qawwal.The Mirasi community are the genealogists of a number of communities in Northern India and Pakistan. Most Mirasis are Muslim, but Rababi and Dhadi sub-groups are... (Muslim)	93
*87	Mirshikar Mirshikar The Mirshikar are a Muslim community, found in North India . They are also known as Chirimar.-History and origin:The word Mirshikar is a combination of two Urdu words, mir meaning lord and shikar meaning a hunt, and their name means a leader of a hunting party. They were a community who were... (Muslim)	102
*88	Momin Momin Ansari The Momin Ansari or Ansari, are a Muslim community, found mainly in West and North India, and the province of Sindh in Pakistan. A small number of Ansaris are also found in the Terai region of Nepal. The community were once known as al ansar, although the term is now obsolete. In North India, the... (Muslim)	103
*89	Mukri Muker Muker is a village and civil parish in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England. Situated in Swaledale, one of the Yorkshire Dales, its name... (Mukeri) (Muslim)	99
*90	Nagar (This does not include Maithili Brahmins and immigrant Nagars from other States who are Brahmins and Baniyas	128
*91	Nai Nai (caste) The word Nai refers to a particular profession, that of cutting hair, running beauty salons, makeup or facelift clinics, beauty parlours, etc. among Hindus, Sikhs or Muslims in India. They are also referred to as Nai and Nai-Thakur, Sains. In Pakistan, the Nai or hairdresser were following it as a...	62
*92	Naiya	66
*93	Nalband Nalband (tribe) The Nalband are a Muslim community found in the states of Haryana, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh in India, and the province of Punjab in Pakistan. They are also found in Turkey, where the spelling Nalbant is more common. - Origin :... (Muslim)	67
*94	Namshudra Namasudra (Namassej) Namasudra is the name of a Hindu community originally from certain regions of Bengal, India. They were traditionally engaged in cultivation and as boatmen. However, they lived outside the four-tier ritual varna system...	65
*95	Nat Nat (Muslim) The Nat are a Muslim community found in North India. A few are also found in the Terai region of Nepal. They are Muslim converts from the Hindu Nat caste.-History and origin:... (Muslim)	63
*96	Nunia, Nonia	64
*97	Pahira	74
*98	Pal (Bherihar-Gaderi), Gaderia Gaderia Gaderia is exclusively used for the cattle grazing community of North India. Gaderia, Charvaha, Gwala and Gujar are synonyms of herdsman....	75
*99	Pamaria Pamaria - Origin :The Pamaria are said to be Muslim converts from the Parmar Rajput community. This conversion is said to have taken place during the rule of the Mugal Emperor Akbar. The Pamaria are then said to have left Rajasthan, their own original home, and moved to Bihar. When in Bihar, the community... (Muslim)	68
*100	Pandi	70
*101	Parya	71
*102	Pinganiya	71
*103	Pradhan	73
*104	Prajapati Kumhar Kumhar or Kumbhar ; also known as Prajapati, is a caste or community of India, mainly belonging to the Hindu religion. The word "Kumhar" literally means "potter" in Indian languages, pottery being the traditional occupation of the Kumhars.... (Kumbhar)	69
*105	Rajbanshi (Risiya and Poliya)	107
*106	Rajbhar	105
*107	Rajdhobi	106
*108	Rangwa	108
*109	Rangrez Muslim Rangrez The Rangrez are a Muslim community found in North India. They are also known as Sabagh. Many members of Muslim Rangrez community have migrated to Pakistan after independence and have settled in Karachi, Sindh.-History and origin:... (Muslim)	109
*110	Rautiya Rautia The Rautia are Hindu caste, found in the states of Bihar and Madhya Pradesh in India. They are also known as the Rautas.- History and origin :...	110
*111	Rayee Rayee The Rayee are a Muslim community found in the state of Bihar in India. They are sub-group of the larger Kunjra community of South Asia. They are also known as Sabzifarosh , Mewafarosh and Al-Raiee.-History and origin:The community are a branch of the wider Kunjra community, and claim to... n or Kunjra (Muslim)	111
*112	Sangatrash (only in the district of Nawadah)	118
*113	Sauta (Sota)	115
*114	Sayee Sai (caste) The Sai or sometimes pronounced Sayee are a Muslim community found in the states of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh in India. They are also known as the Sain.-Origin:... (Muslim)	116
*115	Shekhra	76
*116	Shershahbadi Shershahabadia The Shershahabadi are a Muslim community found in the state of Bihar and West Bengal in India. They are part of the larger Shaikh community of Bihar and Bedia Community of Bengal. Common surnames used by the community include Mandal and Sekh...	126
*117	Shivhari	114
*118	Sonar, Sunar Sunar Sunar is a Hindu caste in India and Nepal referring to the community of people who work as goldsmiths...	117
*119	Sudi, Halwai Halwai The Halwai are a ethnic group found in India and Pakistan. The Arabic word Halwa means sweet and Halvai or Halwai means sweet-maker. In Pakistan they are considered a community while in India they are considered a caste. They are also known as Mithaya in Madhya Pradesh, Gudia in Orissa, Mayara in... , Roniyar, Pansari, Modi, Kasera, Kesarwani, Thathera Thathera The Thathera are a Hindu community, found mainly in North India, who are involved in the production of household utensils made from various kinds of metal alloys.- History :... , Patwa Patwa The Patwa are mainly a Hindu community, who origin from North India, who are traditional weavers and jewellery business and thread workers.- History :... , Sinduriya-Bania, Mahuri-Vaishya, Avadh-Bania, Agrahari-Vaishya	83
*120	Sukiyar	127
*121	Tamariya	50
*122	Tamoli, Tamboli Tamboli - Origin & History :Tamboli's are from "Barai" also a sub-section of Chaurasia caste or community.According to a legend, after the Pandavas’ victory at Hastinapur, they began to have a fervent desire for "Tambool" or "big Leaf". A messenger was urgently sent to the underground abode of the Queen of...	52
*123	Tanti Tanti - Origin :The word tanti is derived from the Hindi word tant, which means a loom. They were traditionally weavers, and are one of the many communities found in South Asia, traditionally associated with this craft. According to their trafitions, they were created by the Hindu god Shiva from his tears... (Tatwa), Tati, Tatin	48
*124	Teli Teli Teli is a business caste of oil pressers in India and Pakistan. Members may be either Hindu or Muslim; Muslim Teli are called Roshandaar or Teli Malik....	53
*125	Tharu	54
*126	Thakurai Thakurai The Thakurai are a Muslim Rajput community found in the state of Bihar in India. A small number are also found in the Terai region of Nepal.- Origin :... (Muslim)	131
*127	Tikulhar	45
*128	Tiyar Tiar The Tiar are scheduled caste, found in North India. They are also known as the Parihar.-History and origin:The word tiar is a corruption of the Sanskrit word thivara, which means a hunter. They were traditionally hunters, but with the greater deforestation of their environment, they are now mainly...	51
*129	Turha Turha The Turha are Hindu caste, found in the state of Bihar in India. They are also known as the Tomar. -History and origin:The Turha claim to have belonged to the Tomar Rajput community, who arrived from Rajasthan some five hundred years ago. After suffering a defeat, the Tomar took growing and selling...	49
*130	Yadav Yadav Yādav refers to an umbrella group of traditionally non-elite pastoral communities, or castes, in India and Nepal which since the nineteenth and twentieth centuries has claimed descent from the mythological King Yadu as a part of a movement of social and political resurgence.The term 'Yadav' now... (Gwala, Ahir, Gope, Sadgop Sadgop The Sadgop are Bengali Hindu caste, found in the few part of Bihar and West Bengal in India. - History and origin :The Sadgop derive their name from the Sanskrit word sad meaning good and gopa meaning a milkman. They claim to be descendants of the Hindu god Krishna... e)	104
*131	Saikalgar Saiqalgar -Origin:The term Saiqalgar is derived from the Persian word صیقلگر saiqalgar, which means a polisher. They were traditionally involved in the polishing and furbishing of metals. Little is known as to the origin of this community, other than the fact that they are one of a number of Muslim artisan... (Sikligar) (Muslim)	129

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