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	\| native_name = Koch		\| native_name = Koch
	\| native_name_lang = [[Koch]]		\| native_name_lang = [[Koch]]
	\| related_groups = [[Bodo people\|Bodos]], [[Tiwa people (India)\|Tiwas]] , [[Karbi people\|Karbis]], [[Hajong people\|Hajongs]], [[Ahom people\|Ahoms]], [[Chutia people\|~~Chudias~~]]		\| related_groups = [[Bodo people\|Bodos]], [[Tiwa people (India)\|Tiwas]], [[Karbi people\|Karbis]], [[Hajong people\|Hajongs]], [[Ahom people\|Ahoms]], [[Naga people\|Nagas]], [[Chutia people\|Chutias]]
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	'''Koch''' is a [[social group]] in the [[India]]n state of [[Assam]]. The members of the caste are converts from different ethnic groups such as the [[Boro people\|Bodo]]s, [[Garo people\|Garo]]s, [[Tiwa ~~people~~ (~~India~~)\|Tiwa]]s, [[Karbi people\|Karbi]]s~~, [[Ahom people\|Ahoms]]~~, [[Hajong people\|Hajongs]], [[Chutia people\|Chutias]] etc.<ref name='a'>{{harvcol\|Ramirez\|2014\|p=17}}:"In Upper Assam, “Koch” only applies to groups reputed to have converted to Assamese Hinduism and which no longer recognize themselves as Tiwa, Karbi or Bodo."</ref><ref>"In Assam proper, however, the term 'Koch' implies the name of a caste (rather a Hinduised tribe) "into which all converts from different tribes, Kachari, Garo, Hajong, Lalung, Mikir etc. are admitted on conversion"{{harvcol\|Nath\|1989\|p=7}}</ref> The Koch is one of many categories in the [[Assamese people#Tribe-Caste continuum\|tribe-caste continuum]] in [[Assamese people\|Assamese society]].{{sfn\|Sharma\|2009\|p=358}} In some ~~instance~~, the identity of the Koch overlaps the identity of the Kachari.<ref>{{harvcol\|Ramirez\|2014\|p=17}}:"The ~~Koch~~ category does not, however, encompass all the intermediary statuses between caste and tribe. For instance, in the same region of Upper Assam, the Koch category conceptually overlaps the Kachari, the second term being more common on the northern bank and the far east"</ref> Any member of ~~the~~ any ethnic group can become a Koch by employing a Brahmin and giving up habits such as the consumption of liquor, [[pork]], [[beef]] etc. and giving up their original [[First language\|mother tongue]] which are considered to be impure in [[Hinduism]]. The caste is mostly found to be concentrated in [[Upper Assam]] section of the [[Brahmaputra Valley]].{{sfn\|Ramirez\|2014\|p=17}}
			'''Koch''' is a [[social group]] in the [[India]]n state of [[Assam]]. The members of the caste are converts from different ethnic groups such as the [[Boro people\|Bodo]]s, [[Garo people\|Garo]]s, [[Tiwa (Lalung)\|Tiwa]]s, [[Karbi people\|Karbi]]s, [[Hajong people\|Hajongs]], [[Chutia people\|Chutias]] etc.<ref name='a'>{{harvcol\|Ramirez\|2014\|p=17}}:"In Upper Assam, “Koch” only applies to groups reputed to have converted to Assamese Hinduism and which no longer recognize themselves as Tiwa, Karbi or Bodo."</ref><ref>"In Assam proper, however, the term 'Koch' implies the name of a caste (rather a Hinduised tribe) "into which all converts from different tribes, Kachari, Garo, Hajong, Lalung, Mikir etc. are admitted on conversion"{{harvcol\|Nath\|1989\|p=7}}</ref> The Koch is one of many categories in the [[Assamese people#Tribe-Caste continuum\|tribe-caste continuum]] in [[Assamese people\|Assamese society]].{{sfn\|Sharma\|2009\|p=358}} In some instances, the identity of the Koch overlaps the identity of the Kachari.<ref>{{harvcol\|Ramirez\|2014\|p=17}}:"The Boch category does not, however, encompass all the intermediary statuses between caste and tribe. For instance, in the same region of Upper Assam, the Koch category conceptually overlaps the Kachari, the second term being more common on the northern bank and the far east"</ref> Any member of any ethnic group can become a Koch by employing a Brahmin and giving up habits such as the consumption of liquor, [[pork]], [[beef]] etc. and giving up their original [[First language\|mother tongue]] which are considered to be [[Aśuddhatā\|impure]] in [[Hinduism]]. The caste is mostly found to be concentrated in [[Upper Assam]] section of the [[Brahmaputra Valley]].{{sfn\|Ramirez\|2014\|p=17}}

	==See also==		==See also==
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	[[Category:Indian castes]]		[[Category:Indian castes]]
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{{Short description|Caste in India}}
{{distinguish|Koch people|Rajbanshi people}}
{{infobox ethnic group
| group = Koch
| image =
| caption =
| regions = [[Upper Assam]]
| region1 = {{spaces|14}}[[India]]
| langs = [[Assamese language|Assamese]]
| rels =
| native_name = Koch
| native_name_lang = [[Koch]]
| related_groups = [[Bodo people|Bodos]], [[Tiwa people (India)|Tiwas]] , [[Karbi people|Karbis]], [[Hajong people|Hajongs]], [[Ahom people|Ahoms]], [[Chutia people|Chudias]]
}}
'''Koch''' is a [[social group]] in the [[India]]n state of [[Assam]]. The members of the caste are converts from different ethnic groups such as the [[Boro people|Bodo]]s, [[Garo people|Garo]]s, [[Tiwa people (India)|Tiwa]]s, [[Karbi people|Karbi]]s, [[Ahom people|Ahoms]], [[Hajong people|Hajongs]], [[Chutia people|Chutias]] etc.<ref name='a'>{{harvcol|Ramirez|2014|p=17}}:"In Upper Assam, “Koch” only applies to groups reputed to have converted to Assamese Hinduism and which no longer recognize themselves as Tiwa, Karbi or Bodo."</ref><ref>"In Assam proper, however, the term 'Koch' implies the name of a caste (rather a Hinduised tribe) "into which all converts from different tribes, Kachari, Garo, Hajong, Lalung, Mikir etc. are admitted on conversion"{{harvcol|Nath|1989|p=7}}</ref> The Koch is one of many categories in the [[Assamese people#Tribe-Caste continuum|tribe-caste continuum]] in [[Assamese people|Assamese society]].{{sfn|Sharma|2009|p=358}} In some instance, the identity of the Koch overlaps the identity of the Kachari.<ref>{{harvcol|Ramirez|2014|p=17}}:"The Koch category does not, however, encompass all the intermediary statuses between caste and tribe. For instance, in the same region of Upper Assam, the Koch category conceptually overlaps the Kachari, the second term being more common on the northern bank and the far east"</ref> Any member of the any ethnic group can become a Koch by employing a Brahmin and giving up habits such as the consumption of liquor, [[pork]], [[beef]] etc. and giving up their original [[First language|mother tongue]] which are considered to be impure in [[Hinduism]]. The caste is mostly found to be concentrated in [[Upper Assam]] section of the [[Brahmaputra Valley]].{{sfn|Ramirez|2014|p=17}}

==See also==
*[[Boro people]]
*[[Garo people]]
*[[Tiwa (Lalung)]]
*[[Karbi people]]
*[[Assamese people]]

==Notes==
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==References==
===Printed sources===
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*{{Cite book|last=Ramirez|first=Philippe|url=https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01446144/document|title=People of the Margins - Across Ethnic Boundaries in North-East India|date=2014|language=en}}
*{{Citation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ECxUOSudNGYC|last=Nath |first=D. |title=History of the Koch Kingdom, C. 1515-1615 |publisher=Mittal Publications|year= 1989|isbn=8170991099}}
*{{Cite book |last=Sharma |first=Chandan Kumar |chapter=Tribe Caste Continuum and the Formation of Assamese Identity |year=2009 |title=Tribes of North-East India: Issues and Challenges |editor-last=Medhi |editor-first=B.K |pages=354–366 |location=Delhi|publisher =Omsons Publications}}
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[[Category:Ethnic groups in South Asia]]
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[[Category:Indian castes]]

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