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The '''Badi''' or Badhi are a [[Hindu]] [[Caste system in India|caste]] found in the state of [[Uttar Pradesh]], India. They have [[scheduled caste]] status.<ref name="poi">People of India Uttar Pradesh Volume XLII Part One edited by A Hasan & J C Das pages 104 to 107 Manohar Publications</ref>

==Origin==

The Badi are sub-group within the larger [[Nat (caste)|Nat]] caste. They are found mainly in [[Saharanpur District]]. The Badi are further divided into a number of clans, the main ones being the Swaroop and Aurender. They are strictly endogamous and practice clan exogamy.<ref name="poi"/>

==Present circumstances==

The Badi are one of a number of nomadic communities that were involved in entertaining at fairs. A fair number are now employed as agricultural labourers, with a smaller number have acquired small plots of land.<ref name="poi"/>

The [[2011 Census of India]] for Uttar Pradesh showed the Badi population as 11,028.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/SC_ST/PCA-A10/SC-0900-PCA-A-10-ddw.xlsx |title= A-10 Individual Scheduled Caste Primary Census Abstract Data and its Appendix - Uttar Pradesh |publisher=Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India |accessdate=2017-02-04}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Scheduled Castes of Uttar Pradesh]]

Badi (caste) - Revision history

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