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Meenas, Hindoos of low caste. The Meena fall into the Scheduled Tribe category in the state of Rajasthan and the majority of them are classified as being Hindu, [29] but in Madhya Pradesh Meena are recognised as a Scheduled Tribe only in Sironj Tehsil, Vidisha, while in the other 44 districts of the state they are categorised as Other Backward ...
The Parihar or Pratihar (also spelled as Purihar [1] and Padihar) is a clan found in the Rajput [2] [3] and Meena [4] caste groups of the Indian subcontinent. [5] The Parihar Rajputs claim descent from the Agnivanshi lineage. [6] [7] [8]
Pages in category "Social groups of Maharashtra" The following 104 pages are in this category, out of 104 total. ... Mang (caste) Maratha (caste) Maratha clan system ...
Pardhi is a Hindu tribe in India.The tribe is found mostly in Maharashtra and parts of Madhya Pradesh however small numbers can be found in Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh.The word Pardhi is derived from the Marathi word ‘Paradh’ which means hunting and Sanskrit word ‘papardhi’ which means hunting or the game to be hunted.
[citation needed] The Beldar are a Hindu community, and are found throughout the state, speaking a number of dialects of Hindi. [4] The traditional occupation of the Beldar in Maharashtra was masonry. Many are still employed in the construction industry. The community is entirely landless, and was historically nomadic.
The Maharashtra Legislative Assembly is the lower house of bicameral state legislature of the Maharashtra state in India.Maharashtra came into existence on 1 May 1960. The number of constituencies of the first Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, the lower house of the Maharashtra state legislature in 1960 was 264. 33 constituencies were reserved for the candidates belonging to the Scheduled ...
The caste have several subdivisions of different types. The Lad Koshtis come from Gujarat, the Gadhewal from Garha or Jubbulpore, Umred Koshtis are Cultivators, Tailor and Potter, the Deshkar and Maratha from the Maratha country, while the Dewangan probably take their name from the old town of that name on the Wardha river.
4) Maratha Confederacy: A Study in Its Origin and Development By Vasant S. Kadam Published by Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers, 1993 Original from the University of Michigan Digitized 3 Sep 2008 ISBN 81-215-0570-4, 978-81-215-0570-3 158 pages