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'''Bari''' caste is one of the Hindu [[Caste system in India|castes in India]]. The people of Bari caste are mostly spread across Northern India.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gahlot |first1=Sukhvir Singh |last2=Dhar |first2=Banshi |title=Castes and Tribes of Rajasthan |date=1989 |publisher=Jain Brothers |isbn=978-81-85287-00-3 |pages=159 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DuAtAAAAMAAJ&q=bari+caste |access-date=17 April 2021 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Their traditional occupation was making leaf plates for temples.<ref name=p/> They are described by Russel & Hiralal as household servants for kings and makers of leaf plates for temples, from whom [[Brahmins]] accept water.<ref name=p>{{cite book |last1=Singh |first1=K. S. |last2=India |first2=Anthropological Survey of |title=India's Communities|date=1998 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-563354-2 |pages=304–06 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Jw9uAAAAMAAJ&q=bari+caste |access-date=20 April 2021 |language=en}}</ref> They practice Hindu rituals and worship [[Surya]].<ref name=p/> In the Hindu caste system hierarchy, they are considered as a clean caste but not of high status.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Srivastava |first1=Sahab Lal |title=Folk Culture and Oral Tradition: A Comparative Study of Regions in Rajasthan and Eastern U.P. |date=1974 |publisher=Abhinav Publications |isbn=978-0-88386-287-2 |pages=52–57 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yR7aAAAAMAAJ&q=bari+caste |access-date=20 April 2021 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Bari is listed among [[Other Backward Class]] (OBC) in [[Orissa]] and has presence in districts of [[Sundergarh]], [[Khurda]], [[Balasore]]. The Bari residing in Orissa mostly speak [[Bhojpuri language]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Bari |url=https://www.scstrti.in/index.php/communities/sc-communities/108-sc-communities/335-bari |website=www.scstrti.in |publisher=[[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Research and Training Institute|SCSTRTI]]<br />
|access-date=20 April 2021}}</ref> They are also listed as OBC in [[Madhya Pradesh]],<ref name=x/> [[Rajasthan]].<ref>{{cite web |title=List of SC ST |url=http://www.bcmbcmw.tn.gov.in/obc/faq/rajasthan.pdf |access-date=20 April 2021}}</ref> [[Maharashtra]],<ref>{{cite web |title=CENTRAL LIST MAHARASHTRA SC ST OBC |url=http://ncbc.nic.in/Writereaddata/cl/maharashtra.pdf |access-date=20 April 2021}}</ref><ref name=x>{{cite web |title=SC ST ACT 1965 |url=https://tribal.nic.in/downloads/CLM/CLM_1/3.pdf |access-date=20 April 2021}}</ref> [[Uttar Pradesh]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bcmbcmw.tn.gov.in/obc/faq/uttarpradesh.pdf | title=Central list of OBCs for the state of Uttar Pradesh | publisher=bcmbcmw.tn.gov.in | accessdate=29 December 2024}}</ref> [[Bihar]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Central list of OBCs for the state of Bihar |url=https://www.bcmbcmw.tn.gov.in/obc/faq/bihar.pdf | publisher=bcmbcmw.tn.gov.in | access-date=29 December 2024}}</ref> [[Jharkhand]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Jharkhnad ST ST Central List |url=http://www.bcmbcmw.tn.gov.in/obc/faq/Jharkhand.pdf |access-date=20 April 2021}}</ref> and [[Chhattisgarh]].<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Social groups of Odisha]]<br />
[[Category:Social groups of Rajasthan]]<br />
[[Category:Social groups of Bihar]]<br />
[[Category:Social groups of Maharashtra]]<br />
[[Category:Social groups of Jharkhand]]<br />
[[Category:Social groups of Chhattisgarh]]</div>Anthony