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{{Other uses|Patari (disambiguation)}}
The '''Patari''' are a community found mainly in the [[Sonbhadra district]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]], India.

==History and origin==
There are various theories as to the origin of the Patari tribe. According to the tribe itself, the Patari are by origin [[Gondi people|Gond]] tribals, who were ritual specialists and advisers to the Gond kings. They belong to the Devgond sub-division. Other sources, such as [[William Crooke]] claim that the Patari are actually of [[Majhwar]] origin, and descend from seven brothers, of which their ancestor Patari was responsible for the rituals and traditions of the other six Majhwar clans. The Patari once spoke [[Chhattisgarhi language|Chhattisgarhi]], but now speak [[Hindi language|Hindi]]. They are found throughout south eastern Uttar Pradesh, but are concentrated in Sonbhadra district.<ref name="poi">People of India Uttar Pradesh Volume XLII Part Three edited by A Hasan & J C Das pages 1135 to 1138</ref>

==Social organisation==
The Patari are further divided into four sub-divisions, each of which have separate totemistic septs called ''kuris''. Major septs among the first sub-group include the Narkam, Poija, Kusro, Soi, Neti, and Serlo. In the second sub-group, major kuris include the Tekam, Netam. Pusan and Marpachi.While in the third sub-groups, major kuri include the Marai and Sarota, and fourth sub-group, the kuris include the Kuram, Poika, and Armon. The Patari are [[endogamy|endogamous]], but practice kuri [[exogamy]].<ref name="poi"/>

The Patari are priests, locally known as '''Baigas''', of a number of tribal grouping in south-east Uttar Pradesh such as the [[Majhwar]], [[Chero]] and [[Bhuiyar]]. Their community deities include Buradeo, and they incorporate a number of folk beliefs. The Patari have a traditional caste council, referred to as the '''biradari panchayat''', to which are inter-community disputes are referred too. This is headed by a [[Chaudhary]], a position which hereditary. Most Chaudhary families are perceived as natural leaders of the community. The panchayat has the power to excommunicate a person, but more often fines are given. A large number of issues such as elopement or adultery are dealt with by the panchayat.{{citation needed|date=February 2017}}

Many Patari are now farmers and sharecroppers, having abandoned their traditional occupation of the priesthood. An important subsidiary occupation is animal husbandry.{{citation needed|date=February 2017}}

The [[Government of Uttar Pradesh]] had classified the Patari as a [[Scheduled Caste]] but by 2007, they were one of several groups that it redesignated as [[Scheduled Tribe]]s.<ref>{{cite journal |title=State At A Glance - Uttar Pradesh |date=July 2007 |journal=Pratiyogita Darpan |volume=2 |issue=13 |page=81|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7egDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT72|last1=Darpan |first1=Pratiyogita }}</ref> As of 2017, this tribal designation applies only for Sonbhadra district,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tribal.nic.in/WriteReadData/CMS/Documents/201212010356439267578File1068.pdf |title=State wise Scheduled Tribes — Uttar Pradesh |publisher=Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India |accessdate=2017-02-04 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161123041643/http://tribal.nic.in/WriteReadData/CMS/Documents/201212010356439267578File1068.pdf |archivedate=2016-11-23 }}</ref> as it also did at the time of the [[2011 Census of India]] when the Patari Scheduled Caste population in Uttar Pradesh was 366.<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>

==See also==
*[[List of Scheduled Tribes in Uttar Pradesh]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Tribes of Uttar Pradesh}}

[[Category:Scheduled Castes of Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Scheduled Tribes of Uttar Pradesh]]

Patari - Revision history

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