Blunt, Edward : The caste system of northern India: with special reference to the united provinces of Agra and Oudh (London, 1931)

Bachgofi

Badhik

Badi

Badi Banjara

Baghban

Baghel

Baheliya

Bahlim

Bahlimi

Bahmangot

Bahmaniya

Bahrup

Baid

Bairi

Baidguar

Bairsawa

Bais

Baiswar

Bajaniya

Bajdhar

Bajgi

Bakhariya

Bal

Balahar

Balai
Balmiki
Bangash
Bani Fatima
Bani Israil
Baniya

Banjara

Banmanus

Bansphor

Baqarqassab

Baqri

Bar or Padhan
Baraghar

LIST OF CASTE NAMES
Rajput sept

(1) Vagrant tribe, orig-inally dacoits;

(2) Subcaste of Dhanuks

Dancers and singers; section of liili-
Doms

New caste, formed from the Gual
Nats

Caste of gardeners
Rajput sept

Caste of fowlers and hunters
Shaikh subdivision
See Bahlim

‘Of Brahman lineage’; subcaste name
See Bahmangot
Subcaste of Banjaras
Subcaste of Banjaras
See Ruriya
Subcaste of Banjaras
Group of hill-Doms
Rajput sept
Tribe of agriculturists
Nat subcaste
Baheliya subcaste
Caste of musicians
Group of hill-Doms
Subcaste of Arakhs and Khangars
Dom subcaste of village menials and
trumpeters

Caste of weavers and labourers
Bhangi subcaste
Pathan tribe
Saiyid section
Shaikh section

Gcneric term for trader; formerly used
as caste name for Vaisya castes
Tribe of cattle dealers and carriers
Subcaste of Musahars
Dom subcaste, who work in bamboo
Group of Muhammadan butchers; lit.

‘goat killers’

Saiyid section

Section of the lower Moradabad
Chauhans

Lit. ‘twelve houses’; a caste section

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