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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Subcaste of Koli caste}}<br />
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The '''Sucha''', or '''Suchcha'''<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Kumar |first=Raj |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e8o5HyC0-FUC&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA376&dq=Suchcha+Koli&hl=en |title=Encyclopaedia of Untouchables Ancient, Medieval and Modern |publisher=Gyan Publishing House |year=2008 |isbn=978-81-7835-664-8 |location=[[New Delhi]], [[India]] |pages=376 |language=en}}</ref> and '''Soocha''' is a [[Caste|subcaste]] of the [[Koli people|Koli]] [[Caste system in India|caste]] found in the [[States and union territories of India|Indian state]] of [[Himachal Pradesh]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Fuchs |first=Stephen |url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=wZI9AAAAMAAJ |title=At the Bottom of Indian Society: The Harijan and Other Low Castes |publisher=Munshiram Manoharlal Publications |year=1981 |isbn=978-81-215-0205-4 |location=[[New Delhi]], [[India]] |pages=173 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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{{Infobox tribe|name=Soocha Koli|local name=सूचा कोली|type=Subcaste of Koli caste|ethnicity=[[Koli people]]|location=*[[Himachal Pradesh]]<br />
*[[Uttrakhand]]|varna=Warrior|parent_tribe=Himachali Koli|demonym=[[Koli people|Koli]]|language=*[[Koli language|Koli]]<br />
*[[Himachali language|Himachali]]<br />
*[[Pahari language|Pahari]]<br />
*[[Hindi]]<br />
*[[English language|English]]|religion=[[Hinduism|Hindu]]|surnames=*[[Shandilya]]<br />
*[[Kashyap]]}}<br />
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== Origin and distribution ==<br />
The Sucha Kolis drived their name from word ''Sachcha'' which means ''Pure'', or ''Asal'' (original) Koli of Himachal Pradesh.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LPsvytmN3mUC&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA554&dq=Sucha+Kolis&hl=en |title=A Glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province: A.-K |publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Distributerse |year=1997 |isbn=978-81-85297-69-9 |location=[[New Delhi]], [[India]] |pages=554 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Sucha Kolis mostly found in [[Kutlehar State|Kutlehar]], [[Kullu district|Kullu]], [[Kangra State|Lambargaon]] and [[Kangra district|Kangra]] regions of the state.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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== Clans ==<br />
There are two main clans of Sucha Kolis in the state:,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Das |first=K. C. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0IM3l0v0Z6YC&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA391&dq=Sucha+Kolis&hl=en |title=Global Encyclopaedia of the North Indian Dalits Ethnography (2 Vols. Set) |publisher=Global Vision Publishing House |year=2007 |isbn=978-81-8220-238-2 |location=[[New Delhi]], [[India]] |pages=391 |language=en}}</ref><br />
* [[Kashyap (caste)|Kashyap]]<br />
* [[Shandilya]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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