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	'''Gaur Brahmins''' ({{IPA\|hi\|ɡɔːɽ\|ipa}}, also spelled '''Gor''', '''Gour''', '''Gaud''' or '''Gauda''') are a community of [[Brahmin]]s in India. They are one of the five [[Pancha Gauda]] Brahmin communities that live north of the [[Vindhya Range\|Vindhyas]].~~<~~ref name="JGL_2002"~~>~~{{cite book \|url=https://archive.org/details/illustratedencyc0000loch \|url-access=registration \|title=The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Hinduism: N-Z \|author=James G. Lochtefeld \|publisher=Rosen \|year=2002 \|isbn=9780823931804 \|pages=[https://archive.org/details/illustratedencyc0000loch/page/490 490]–491 }}~~<~~/ref~~><~~ref~~>~~{{cite book \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lXyWE6KbG8oC&pg=PA168 \|title=Caste in Life: Experiencing Inequalities \|editor=D. Shyam Babu and [[R. S. Khare\|Ravindra S. Khare]] \|publisher=Pearson Education India \|year=2011 \|isbn=9788131754399 \|page=168}}~~<~~/ref~~>~~		'''Gaur Brahmins''' ({{IPA\|hi\|ɡɔːɽ\|ipa}}, also spelled '''Gor''', '''Gour''', '''Gaud''' or '''Gauda''') are a community of [[Brahmin]]s in India. They are one of the five [[Pancha Gauda]] Brahmin communities that live north of the [[Vindhya Range\|Vindhyas]].<ref name="JGL_2002">{{cite book \|url=https://archive.org/details/illustratedencyc0000loch \|url-access=registration \|title=The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Hinduism: N-Z \|author=James G. Lochtefeld \|publisher=Rosen \|year=2002 \|isbn=9780823931804 \|pages=[https://archive.org/details/illustratedencyc0000loch/page/490 490]–491 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lXyWE6KbG8oC&pg=PA168 \|title=Caste in Life: Experiencing Inequalities \|editor=D. Shyam Babu and [[R. S. Khare\|Ravindra S. Khare]] \|publisher=Pearson Education India \|year=2011 \|isbn=9788131754399 \|page=168}}</ref>

	== Demographics ==		== Demographics ==
	Gaur Brahmins are most numerous in the western half of [[Northern India]], particularly in the states of [[Haryana]], [[Rajasthan]], and western parts of [[Western Uttar Pradesh\|Uttar Pradesh]] and [[Madhya Pradesh]], but a significant number are present in other northern states of India also.~~<~~ref name="NJC_2017"~~>~~{{cite book \|author=James G. Lochtefeld \|url=https://archive.org/details/TheIllustratedEncyclopediaOfHinduism.../page/n273/mode/2up \|title=The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Hinduism \|publisher=Rosen \|year=2002 \|isbn=9780823931804 \|pages= \|url-access=registration \|archive-url= \|archive-date=}}~~<~~/ref~~>~~		Gaur Brahmins are most numerous in the western half of [[Northern India]], particularly in the states of [[Haryana]], [[Rajasthan]], and western parts of [[Western Uttar Pradesh\|Uttar Pradesh]] and [[Madhya Pradesh]], but a significant number are present in other northern states of India also.<ref name="NJC_2017">{{cite book \|author=James G. Lochtefeld \|url=https://archive.org/details/TheIllustratedEncyclopediaOfHinduism.../page/n273/mode/2up \|title=The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Hinduism \|publisher=Rosen \|year=2002 \|isbn=9780823931804 \|pages= \|url-access=registration \|archive-url= \|archive-date=}}</ref>

	Brahmins, mostly Gaurs, have a significant population in [[Delhi]], around 12% - 14%, larger than the combined population of [[Jats]] and [[Gujjars]]. They play a dominant role in the region's politics.~~<~~ref name=":3"~~>~~{{Cite news \|last=Kumar \|first=Rajesh \|date=4 December 2013 \|title=Fight for Brahmin votes intensifies \|url=https://www.dailypioneer.com/2013/india/fight-for-brahmin-votes-intensifies.html \|work=The Pioneer \|access-date=27 April 2023}}~~<~~/ref~~>~~{{clarify\|reason=source seems to contradict itself, mentioning Gaur & then a long list of others\|date=October 2023}}~~<~~ref~~>~~{{Cite book \|last=Yadav \|first=Sanjay \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CTBBL1q5C_EC&pg=PA14 \|title=The Invasion of Delhi \|date=2008 \|publisher=Worldwide Books \|pages=14,15 \|isbn=978-81-88054-00-8}}~~<~~/ref~~>~~		Brahmins, mostly Gaurs, have a significant population in [[Delhi]], around 12% - 14%, larger than the combined population of [[Jats]] and [[Gujjars]]. They play a dominant role in the region's politics.<ref name=":3">{{Cite news \|last=Kumar \|first=Rajesh \|date=4 December 2013 \|title=Fight for Brahmin votes intensifies \|url=https://www.dailypioneer.com/2013/india/fight-for-brahmin-votes-intensifies.html \|work=The Pioneer \|access-date=27 April 2023}}</ref>{{clarify\|reason=source seems to contradict itself, mentioning Gaur & then a long list of others\|date=October 2023}}<ref>{{Cite book \|last=Yadav \|first=Sanjay \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CTBBL1q5C_EC&pg=PA14 \|title=The Invasion of Delhi \|date=2008 \|publisher=Worldwide Books \|pages=14,15 \|isbn=978-81-88054-00-8}}</ref>

	== Military ==		== Military ==
	During World War I, Gaur Brahmins were recruited to regiments and companies of the [[British Indian Army]], notably the [[1st Brahmans]] and [[3rd Brahmans]].~~<~~ref~~>~~{{cite book \|last=Yadav \|first=Atul \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pH9aEAAAQBAJ&dq=pandit+lal+chand&pg=PA22 \|title=Valour Unlimited: Haryana and the Indian Armed Forces (1914-2000) \|publisher=K.K. Publications \|year=2022 \|page=25}}~~<~~/ref~~>~~		During World War I, Gaur Brahmins were recruited to regiments and companies of the [[British Indian Army]], notably the [[1st Brahmans]] and [[3rd Brahmans]].<ref>{{cite book \|last=Yadav \|first=Atul \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pH9aEAAAQBAJ&dq=pandit+lal+chand&pg=PA22 \|title=Valour Unlimited: Haryana and the Indian Armed Forces (1914-2000) \|publisher=K.K. Publications \|year=2022 \|page=25}}</ref>

	== Social status ==		== Social status ==
	In places where Gaur Brahmins reside, Brahmins who are not of the Gaur community are often considered to have an inferior status.~~<~~ref~~>~~{{Cite book \|last=Sharma \|first=K. L. \|url=https://archive.org/details/caste_social_inequality_and_mobility_in_rural_india_reconceptualizing \|title=Caste, Social Inequality and Mobility in Rural India: Reconceptualizing the Indian Village \|date=2 February 2019 \|publisher=SAGE Publishing India \|isbn=978-93-5328-202-8 \|page=80}}~~<~~/ref~~>~~		In places where Gaur Brahmins reside, Brahmins who are not of the Gaur community are often considered to have an inferior status.<ref>{{Cite book \|last=Sharma \|first=K. L. \|url=https://archive.org/details/caste_social_inequality_and_mobility_in_rural_india_reconceptualizing \|title=Caste, Social Inequality and Mobility in Rural India: Reconceptualizing the Indian Village \|date=2 February 2019 \|publisher=SAGE Publishing India \|isbn=978-93-5328-202-8 \|page=80}}</ref>

	== Notable people ==		== Notable people ==

	===Historical figures ===		===Historical figures ===
	* [[Bhai Almast]] – 16th-century religious figure~~<~~ref~~>~~{{Cite book \|last=Singh \|first=Bhupender \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GZOjEAAAQBAJ&dq=Balu+Hasna&pg=PA119 \|title=BABA NANAK SHAH FAKIR \|date=23 December 2022 \|publisher=Blue Rose Publishers \|isbn=978-93-5704-660-2 \|page=119}}~~<~~/ref~~><~~ref~~>~~{{Cite book \|last=Singh \|first=Harbans \|url=https://archive.org/details/TheEncyclopediaOfSikhism-VolumeIA-d/page/84/mode/1up?q=Gaur \|title=The Encyclopedia Of Sikhism Vol. I \|year=1992 \|isbn=81-7380-100-2 \|publisher=Punjabi University, Patiala \|language=en \|page=85-86}}~~<~~/ref~~>~~		* [[Bhai Almast]] – 16th-century religious figure<ref>{{Cite book \|last=Singh \|first=Bhupender \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GZOjEAAAQBAJ&dq=Balu+Hasna&pg=PA119 \|title=BABA NANAK SHAH FAKIR \|date=23 December 2022 \|publisher=Blue Rose Publishers \|isbn=978-93-5704-660-2 \|page=119}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book \|last=Singh \|first=Harbans \|url=https://archive.org/details/TheEncyclopediaOfSikhism-VolumeIA-d/page/84/mode/1up?q=Gaur \|title=The Encyclopedia Of Sikhism Vol. I \|year=1992 \|isbn=81-7380-100-2 \|publisher=Punjabi University, Patiala \|language=en \|page=85-86}}</ref>
	* [[Bhai Balu Hasna]] – 16th-century religious figure~~<~~ref~~>~~{{Cite book \|last=Singh \|first=Bhupender \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GZOjEAAAQBAJ&dq=Balu+Hasna&pg=PA119 \|title=BABA NANAK SHAH FAKIR \|date=23 December 2022 \|publisher=Blue Rose Publishers \|isbn=978-93-5704-660-2 \|language=en \|page=119}}~~<~~/ref~~>~~		* [[Bhai Balu Hasna]] – 16th-century religious figure<ref>{{Cite book \|last=Singh \|first=Bhupender \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GZOjEAAAQBAJ&dq=Balu+Hasna&pg=PA119 \|title=BABA NANAK SHAH FAKIR \|date=23 December 2022 \|publisher=Blue Rose Publishers \|isbn=978-93-5704-660-2 \|language=en \|page=119}}</ref>
	* [[Khushal Singh Jamadar]] – 19th-century military and administrative officer~~<~~ref~~>~~{{Cite book \|last=Gopal \|first=Madan \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s3ycAAAAMAAJ&q=Gaur+brahmin \|title=Life and Times of Dyal Singh Majithia \|date=1999 \|publisher=Uppal Publishing House \|isbn=978-81-7658-002-1 \|language=en}}~~<~~/ref~~><~~ref~~>~~{{Cite book \|last=Falcon \|first=Robert Worgan \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LLcbM7qePMwC&dq=Khushal+SIngh+Gaur+brahmin+majithia&pg=PA122 \|title=Handbook on Sikhs for the Use of Regimental Officers \|date=1896 \|publisher=Pioneer Press \|language=en}}~~<~~/ref~~>~~		* [[Khushal Singh Jamadar]] – 19th-century military and administrative officer<ref>{{Cite book \|last=Gopal \|first=Madan \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s3ycAAAAMAAJ&q=Gaur+brahmin \|title=Life and Times of Dyal Singh Majithia \|date=1999 \|publisher=Uppal Publishing House \|isbn=978-81-7658-002-1 \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book \|last=Falcon \|first=Robert Worgan \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LLcbM7qePMwC&dq=Khushal+SIngh+Gaur+brahmin+majithia&pg=PA122 \|title=Handbook on Sikhs for the Use of Regimental Officers \|date=1896 \|publisher=Pioneer Press \|language=en}}</ref>
	* [[Tej Singh]] – 19th-century military and politically leader~~<~~ref~~>~~{{cite book \|last=Williams \|first=Donovan \|title=Life And Times Of Ranjit Singh \|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.111048/page/n280/mode/1up \|publisher=V.V.R.I. Press \|page=268 \|year=1970 \|access-date=17 January 2017}}~~<~~/ref~~>~~		* [[Tej Singh]] – 19th-century military and politically leader<ref>{{cite book \|last=Williams \|first=Donovan \|title=Life And Times Of Ranjit Singh \|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.111048/page/n280/mode/1up \|publisher=V.V.R.I. Press \|page=268 \|year=1970 \|access-date=17 January 2017}}</ref>
	* [[Madan Mohan Malaviya]] – educationist and Indian independence activist~~<~~ref~~>~~{{Cite web \|last=Excelsior \|first=Daily \|date=24 December 2014 \|title=A Staunch Nationalist \|url=https://www.dailyexcelsior.com/staunch-nationalist/ \|access-date=23 April 2023 \|website=Jammu Kashmir Latest News {{!}} Tourism {{!}} Breaking News J&K \|language=en-US}}~~<~~/ref~~>~~		* [[Madan Mohan Malaviya]] – educationist and Indian independence activist<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Excelsior \|first=Daily \|date=24 December 2014 \|title=A Staunch Nationalist \|url=https://www.dailyexcelsior.com/staunch-nationalist/ \|access-date=23 April 2023 \|website=Jammu Kashmir Latest News {{!}} Tourism {{!}} Breaking News J&K \|language=en-US}}</ref>

	=== Artists ===		=== Artists ===
	* [[Lakhmi Chand]] – poet, founder of [[Saang\|Haryanvi Saang culture]]~~<~~ref~~>~~{{Cite web \|last=भारती \|first=कंवल \|date=20 February 2023 \|title=हरियाणवी समाज के प्रदूषक लोक कवि लखमी चंद \|url=https://www.forwardpress.in/2023/02/literature-haryanvi-folk-lakhmi-chand/ \|access-date=17 June 2023 \|website=Forward Press \|language=hi}}~~<~~/ref~~>~~		* [[Lakhmi Chand]] – poet, founder of [[Saang\|Haryanvi Saang culture]]<ref>{{Cite web \|last=भारती \|first=कंवल \|date=20 February 2023 \|title=हरियाणवी समाज के प्रदूषक लोक कवि लखमी चंद \|url=https://www.forwardpress.in/2023/02/literature-haryanvi-folk-lakhmi-chand/ \|access-date=17 June 2023 \|website=Forward Press \|language=hi}}</ref>

	==See also==		==See also==

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	== Classification ==		== Classification ==
	Mostly Gaur Brahmins practice agriculture and {{not a typo\|till}} their soil with their own hands and do other secular professions ~~there~~ are different sub sections of Gaurs such as ~~Gujjar~~ Gaur, Shri Gaur, Tyagi Gaur , Sanadhya Gaur all of them belong to '''Gaurs/Adi Gaurs''' ([[Adi (name)\|Adi]] means "the first one").<ref>{{Cite book \|last=Bhattacharya \|first=Jogendra Nath \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xlpLAAAAMAAJ&q=gaur \|title=Hindu Castes and Sects: An Exposition of the Origin of the Hindu Caste System and the Bearing of the Sects Towards Each Other and Towards Other Religious Systems \|date=1896 \|publisher=Thacker, Spink \|language=en}}</ref>		Mostly Gaur Brahmins practice agriculture and {{not a typo\|till}} their soil with their own hands and do other secular professions. There are different sub sections of Gaurs such as Gurjar Gaur, Shri Gaur, Tyagi Gaur and Sanadhya Gaur, all of them belong to '''Gaurs/Adi Gaurs''' ([[Adi (name)\|Adi]] means "the first one").<ref>{{Cite book \|last=Bhattacharya \|first=Jogendra Nath \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xlpLAAAAMAAJ&q=gaur \|title=Hindu Castes and Sects: An Exposition of the Origin of the Hindu Caste System and the Bearing of the Sects Towards Each Other and Towards Other Religious Systems \|date=1896 \|publisher=Thacker, Spink \|language=en}}</ref>

	[[File:Ghaggar-Hakra ancient river bed.svg\|thumb\|Ghaggar-Hakra river bed where Gaur Brahmins originates and they still found in heavy numbers in this area i.e. Karnal Belt<ref name="Pioneer">{{Cite web \|last=Pioneer \|first=The \|title=Karnal: Brahmin belt of Haryana to see straight BJP-Cong contest \|url=https://www.dailypioneer.com/2019/state-editions/karnal--brahmin-belt-of-haryana-to-see-straight-bjp-cong-contest.html \|access-date=2023-04-27 \|website=The Pioneer \|language=en}}</ref>]]		[[File:Ghaggar-Hakra ancient river bed.svg\|thumb\|Ghaggar-Hakra river bed where Gaur Brahmins originates and they still found in heavy numbers in this area i.e. Karnal Belt<ref name="Pioneer">{{Cite web \|last=Pioneer \|first=The \|title=Karnal: Brahmin belt of Haryana to see straight BJP-Cong contest \|url=https://www.dailypioneer.com/2019/state-editions/karnal--brahmin-belt-of-haryana-to-see-straight-bjp-cong-contest.html \|access-date=2023-04-27 \|website=The Pioneer \|language=en}}</ref>]]

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	Gaur Brahmins likely originated from [[Kurukshetra]] region.<ref name=":0" /> Initially inhabiting tracts of land between the [[Yamuna]] and [[Sutlej]] rivers. Today they are most numerous in the western half of [[Northern India]], particularly in the states of [[Delhi]], [[Haryana]], [[Punjab]], [[Rajasthan]] as well as in the western parts of [[Uttar Pradesh]] and [[Madhya Pradesh]] and a significant amount are present in other northern states of India as well.<ref name="NJC_2017">{{cite book \|author=James G. Lochtefeld \|url=https://archive.org/details/TheIllustratedEncyclopediaOfHinduism.../page/n273/mode/2up \|title=The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Hinduism \|publisher=Rosen \|year=2002 \|isbn=9780823931804 \|pages= \|url-access=registration \|archive-url= \|archive-date=}}</ref>		Gaur Brahmins likely originated from [[Kurukshetra]] region.<ref name=":0" /> Initially inhabiting tracts of land between the [[Yamuna]] and [[Sutlej]] rivers. Today they are most numerous in the western half of [[Northern India]], particularly in the states of [[Delhi]], [[Haryana]], [[Punjab]], [[Rajasthan]] as well as in the western parts of [[Uttar Pradesh]] and [[Madhya Pradesh]] and a significant amount are present in other northern states of India as well.<ref name="NJC_2017">{{cite book \|author=James G. Lochtefeld \|url=https://archive.org/details/TheIllustratedEncyclopediaOfHinduism.../page/n273/mode/2up \|title=The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Hinduism \|publisher=Rosen \|year=2002 \|isbn=9780823931804 \|pages= \|url-access=registration \|archive-url= \|archive-date=}}</ref>

	The Gaurs claim that the other four main divisions of North Indian Brahmins were originally Gaur, and have acquired their present designations of [[Saraswat \| Saraswat Brahmins]], [[Kanyakubja Brahmin]]s, [[Maithil Brahmin]]s and [[Utkala Brahmin]]s by immigrating to the provinces where they are now domiciled.<ref name=":0" /> In Sir George Campbell's Ethnology of India, it is suggested that Gaurs may have derived their names from the [[Ghaggar \| Ghaggar-Hakra River]], which, in ancient times, was a tributary of Saraswati and now discharges its waters into the [[Sutlej]] near [[Firozpur]].<ref name=":0">{{cite book \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xlpLAAAAMAAJ \|title= Hindu Castes and Sects: An Exposition of the Origin of the Hindu Caste System and the Bearing of the Sects Towards Each Other and Towards Other Religious Systems \|editor=[[Jogendra Nath Bhattacharya]] \|publisher=Spink Thacker \|year=1896 \|isbn=9781298966339 \|page=52 }}</ref>		In Sir George Campbell's Ethnology of India, it is suggested that Gaurs may have derived their names from the [[Ghaggar \| Ghaggar-Hakra River]], which, in ancient times, was a tributary of Saraswati and now discharges its waters into the [[Sutlej]] near [[Firozpur]].<ref name=":0">{{cite book \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xlpLAAAAMAAJ \|title= Hindu Castes and Sects: An Exposition of the Origin of the Hindu Caste System and the Bearing of the Sects Towards Each Other and Towards Other Religious Systems \|editor=[[Jogendra Nath Bhattacharya]] \|publisher=Spink Thacker \|year=1896 \|isbn=9781298966339 \|page=52 }}</ref>

	'''Description of Brahmins of [[Kurukshetra]] area in [[Manusmriti]]''':		'''Description of Brahmins of [[Kurukshetra]] area in [[Manusmriti]]''':

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	\| image_caption = [[Hemu]], a Gaur Brahmin of [[Bhargav]] gotra re-imagined in this 1910s bazaar-art poster in very Mughal courtly style, and glorified in Hindi, Persian (from the Akbar-namah), and English, as "the last Hindu emperor of Hindustan", with his genius certified by the Imperial Gazetteer.		\| image_caption = [[Hemu]], a Gaur Brahmin of [[Bhargav]] gotra re-imagined in this 1910s bazaar-art poster in very Mughal courtly style, and glorified in Hindi, Persian (from the Akbar-namah), and English, as "the last Hindu emperor of Hindustan", with his genius certified by the Imperial Gazetteer.
	\| popplace = [[Delhi]] • [[Rajasthan]] • [[Punjab]] • [[Haryana]] • [[Himachal Pradesh]] • [[Western Uttar Pradesh]] •		\| popplace = [[Delhi]] • [[Rajasthan]] • [[Punjab]] • [[Haryana]] • [[Himachal Pradesh]] • [[Uttarakhand]] • [[Western Uttar Pradesh]] • [[Madhya Pradesh ]] • [[North India]]
	[[North India]]
	\| languages = [[Haryanvi]] • [[Punjabi Language\|Punjabi]] • [[Rajasthani Languages\|Rajasthani]] • [[Pahari language\|Pahari]] • [[Western Hindi\|Hindi]]		\| languages = [[Haryanvi]] • [[Punjabi Language\|Punjabi]] • [[Rajasthani Languages\|Rajasthani]] • [[Pahari language\|Pahari]] • [[Western Hindi\|Hindi]]
	\| religions = [[Hinduism]] • [[Islam]] • [[Sikhism]]		\| religions = [[Hinduism]] • [[Islam]] • [[Sikhism]]
	\| related_groups = [[Brahmins]] • ~~[[Pancha Gauda]] •~~		\| related_groups = [[Brahmins]] • [[Haryanvi People\|Haryanvis]] • [[Punjabis]] • [[Garha]]
	[[Haryanvi People]] • [[Punjabis]] • [[Garha]]
	}}		}}
	'''Gaur Brahmins''' (~~spelling variations:~~ '''Gor''' or '''Gour'''), ~~also~~ '''Gaud ~~Brahmins~~''', is a landholding class of [[Brahmin]] community in India. The Gauda Brahmins are one of the five [[Pancha Gauda]] Brahmin communities that lives in the north of the [[Vindhya]]s.<ref name="JGL_2002">{{cite book \|url=https://archive.org/details/illustratedencyc0000loch \|url-access=registration \|title=The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Hinduism: N-Z \|author=James G. Lochtefeld \|publisher=Rosen \|year=2002 \|isbn=9780823931804 \|pages=[https://archive.org/details/illustratedencyc0000loch/page/490 490]–491 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lXyWE6KbG8oC&pg=PA168 \|title=Caste in Life: Experiencing Inequalities \|editor=D. Shyam Babu and [[R. S. Khare\|Ravindra S. Khare]] \|publisher=Pearson Education India \|year=2011 \|isbn=9788131754399 \|page=168 }}</ref>		'''Gaur Brahmins''' (also spelled '''Gor''', '''Gour''', '''Gaud''' or '''Gauda'''), is a landholding class of [[Brahmin]] community in India. The Gauda Brahmins are one of the five [[Pancha Gauda]] Brahmin communities that lives in the north of the [[Vindhya]]s.<ref name="JGL_2002">{{cite book \|url=https://archive.org/details/illustratedencyc0000loch \|url-access=registration \|title=The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Hinduism: N-Z \|author=James G. Lochtefeld \|publisher=Rosen \|year=2002 \|isbn=9780823931804 \|pages=[https://archive.org/details/illustratedencyc0000loch/page/490 490]–491 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lXyWE6KbG8oC&pg=PA168 \|title=Caste in Life: Experiencing Inequalities \|editor=D. Shyam Babu and [[R. S. Khare\|Ravindra S. Khare]] \|publisher=Pearson Education India \|year=2011 \|isbn=9788131754399 \|page=168 }}</ref>
	[[File:Indiahills.png\|thumb\|196x196px\|Map showing hills and elevated regions of India mostly Gaurs live above of the [[Vindhya Range]] which is shown in the map by line in center.]]		[[File:Indiahills.png\|thumb\|196x196px\|Map showing hills and elevated regions of India mostly Gaurs live above of the [[Vindhya Range]] which is shown in the map by line in center.]]

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	In a research on Gaur Brahmins in the National Capital Region/Delhi, involving 506 households using pretested interview schedules (aged between 25 and 70 years), it was discovered that more than 95% of them were literate, with a notably high literacy rate of 97.03%. The primary occupation for most individuals in the community is business. In terms of marital status, approximately 80% of the population is married, with 78.99% being males and 80.48% being females.		In a research on Gaur Brahmins in the National Capital Region/Delhi, involving 506 households using pretested interview schedules (aged between 25 and 70 years), it was discovered that more than 95% of them were literate, with a notably high literacy rate of 97.03%. The primary occupation for most individuals in the community is business. In terms of marital status, approximately 80% of the population is married, with 78.99% being males and 80.48% being females.

	Father Monserrate, who visited Delhi in 988/1581 but completed his travel account outside India a decade later in 999/1591, mentioned Brahmins of Delhi in his commendatory :<blockquote>Delinum [Delhi] is inhabited by substantial and wealthy Brachmanae [Brahmin], and of course by a Mongol garrison. Hence its many private mansions add considerably to the magnificence of the city. For the neighborhood is rich in stone and lime, and the rich men construct for themselves well-built, lofty and handsomely decorated residences ... Time fails me to describe the lovely parks and the many residential districts on both sides of the Jomanis [Yamuna], which passes close to the city on the east. The parks and gardens are filled with a rich profusion of fruit and flowers.</blockquote>International Association of Hydrological Sciences. Scientific Assembly mentions :<blockquote>In a typical Delhi village, Jat and Brahmins are the most dominant castes.</blockquote>		'''Father Monserrate, who visited Delhi in 988/1581 but completed his travel account outside India a decade later in 999/1591, mentioned Brahmins of Delhi in his commendatory :'''<blockquote>Delinum [Delhi] is inhabited by substantial and wealthy Brachmanae [Brahmin], and of course by a Mongol garrison. Hence its many private mansions add considerably to the magnificence of the city. For the neighborhood is rich in stone and lime, and the rich men construct for themselves well-built, lofty and handsomely decorated residences ... Time fails me to describe the lovely parks and the many residential districts on both sides of the Jomanis [Yamuna], which passes close to the city on the east. The parks and gardens are filled with a rich profusion of fruit and flowers.</blockquote>'''International Association of Hydrological Sciences. Scientific Assembly mentions :'''<blockquote>In a typical Delhi village, Jat and Brahmins are the most dominant castes.</blockquote>

	=== Haryana & Rajasthan ===		=== Haryana & Rajasthan ===

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Social status

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	In places where Gaur Brahmins reside, Brahmins who are not of the Gaur community are often considered to have an inferior status.<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=XyCBDwAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PT80&dq=anomalies+have+always+have+been+there+regarding+rank&hl=en</ref>		In places where Gaur Brahmins reside, Brahmins who are not of the Gaur community are often considered to have an inferior status.<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=XyCBDwAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PT80&dq=anomalies+have+always+have+been+there+regarding+rank&hl=en</ref>

	In Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, too, Gaur Brahmins enjoy a higher social status relative to communities such as the [[Saraswat]] and [[Kanyakubja ~~Brahmins~~]].<ref>https://books.google.co.in/books?id=gf1m6isJ8JgC&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&dq=Dichhat+are+known+as+Gaur+Brahmins++Chhajwan+,+Ror+and+Sitya+have+a+lower+social+status&q=Dichhat+are+known+as+Gaur+Brahmins++Chhajwan+,+Ror+and+Sitya+have+a+lower+social+status&hl=en&redir_esc=y</ref>		In Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, too, Gaur Brahmins enjoy a higher social status relative to communities such as the [[Saraswat]] and [[Kanyakubja Brahmin]].<ref>https://books.google.co.in/books?id=gf1m6isJ8JgC&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&dq=Dichhat+are+known+as+Gaur+Brahmins++Chhajwan+,+Ror+and+Sitya+have+a+lower+social+status&q=Dichhat+are+known+as+Gaur+Brahmins++Chhajwan+,+Ror+and+Sitya+have+a+lower+social+status&hl=en&redir_esc=y</ref>

	== Military ==		== Military ==

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	==See also==		==See also==
	*[[Garha\|Gaur Muslims]]		*[[Garha\|Gaur Muslims]]
			*[[List of Gaur Brahmins]]

	==References==		==References==

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	==See also==		==See also==
	*[[Forward Castes]]
	*[[Garha\|Gaur Muslims]]		*[[Garha\|Gaur Muslims]]
	*[[Ateshgah of Baku]]
	*[[Gabr]]

	==References==		==References==