DOI Page / Citation link:
https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.31218#0093
CASTEj SUBCASTE, AND MARRIAGE
Caste
Girls
Boys
Kachhi
... 9
10
Kahar
... 8-12
S-15
Kalwar
... infant
infant
Kanjar
... 7-8, 6-8
10-12, 9-10
Kapariya
... 7-8
—
Kasera
... under 12
—
Kewat
••• 5~7
5-io
Khagi
... 8-10
12-13
Khairwa
••• 7-15
—
Kharwar
... 5-10
—
Khatik
... 8-10,3-15
3-i5
Koiri
... under 12
—
Korwa
... 10
12
Kumhar
... 9-10
10-15
Lodha
... 5-10
6-12
Lohar
... 5-14
—
Luniya
... 10-12
—
Majhwar
... 12
16
Mali
... 7-10
10-15
Mallah
... 9-10
10-12
Nai
... under 10
—
Nat
... 10-12
15
Pasi
• •• 5-i6
Phansiya
... 7-12
—
Sahariya
... O-IO
—
Sejwari
... 9
10
Teli
... infant
infant
Tharu
... adult
adult
These figures show that adult marriage is rare and
infant marriage common amongst low castes; whilst
there is a tendency to lower the age of marriage, conse-
quent on the rise of low castes in the social scale, which
is only partially counteracted by the efforts of reformers
to raise that age.
Other circumstances, however, affect the question.
The time when a man will marry his child depends in
part on the amount of money he can spare for the pur-
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Caste
Girls
Boys
Kachhi
... 9
10
Kahar
... 8-12
S-15
Kalwar
... infant
infant
Kanjar
... 7-8, 6-8
10-12, 9-10
Kapariya
... 7-8
—
Kasera
... under 12
—
Kewat
••• 5~7
5-io
Khagi
... 8-10
12-13
Khairwa
••• 7-15
—
Kharwar
... 5-10
—
Khatik
... 8-10,3-15
3-i5
Koiri
... under 12
—
Korwa
... 10
12
Kumhar
... 9-10
10-15
Lodha
... 5-10
6-12
Lohar
... 5-14
—
Luniya
... 10-12
—
Majhwar
... 12
16
Mali
... 7-10
10-15
Mallah
... 9-10
10-12
Nai
... under 10
—
Nat
... 10-12
15
Pasi
• •• 5-i6
Phansiya
... 7-12
—
Sahariya
... O-IO
—
Sejwari
... 9
10
Teli
... infant
infant
Tharu
... adult
adult
These figures show that adult marriage is rare and
infant marriage common amongst low castes; whilst
there is a tendency to lower the age of marriage, conse-
quent on the rise of low castes in the social scale, which
is only partially counteracted by the efforts of reformers
to raise that age.
Other circumstances, however, affect the question.
The time when a man will marry his child depends in
part on the amount of money he can spare for the pur-
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