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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Caste in the Vishwakarma community of India}}<br />
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| caste_name = Suthar<br />
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| image =Sutar men.png <br />
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| caption =Two Sutar men from Baroda State, 1911 <br />
| kula_daivat = [[Vishwakarma]]<br />
| region = [[Rajasthan]], [[Gujarat]], [[Haryana]], [[Maharashtra]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[Pakistan]]<br />
| religions = [[Hinduism]],<ref>{{cite book |quote=Suthar Tarkhans , though Hindus , are in fact more closely allied with the Multani lohars than with the Khatis... |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e8o5HyC0-FUC&dq=Suthar+hindus&pg=PA370 |title=Encyclopaedia of Untouchables Ancient, Medieval and Modern |author=Raj Kumar |publisher=Kalpaz Publications |year=2008| isbn=978-81-7835-664-8 }}</ref> [[Islam]]<ref>{{cite book |quote=According to Rose ( 1919 ) , the tradition runs that the Suthars , who are now Muslims , were originally Hindu Tarkhans of the Suthar tribe and that Akbar took 12,000 of them from Jodhpur to Delhi... |title=Global Encyclopaedic Ethnography of Indian Muslim |page=453 |author=Abida Samiuddin, R. Khanam |publisher=Global Vision Publishing House |year=2008 |isbn=978-81-8220-299-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qEXFxCK-ulUC&dq=Suthars+are+hindus+muslims+sikhs&pg=RA1-PA453}}</ref><br />
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'''Suthar''' is a community within the [[Vishwakarma (caste)|Vishwakarma]] community found primarily in India and Pakistan.<ref name=agg>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=COcwoYRCYhcC&dq=Suthar+sutar+vishwakarma&pg=PA160 |title=Educational and Social Uplift of Backward Classes |page=160 |author=SP Aggrawal, JC Aggrawal |publisher=Concept Publishing Company |year=1991 |isbn=978-81-7022-339-9}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |quote=Hindus from the border villages belonging to the Bhil, Meghwal, Lohar and Suthar community had now become nationals of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan... |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tqYvEAAAQBAJ&dq=Suthar+in+pakistan&pg=PT210 |title=Migrants, Mobility and Citizenship in India |year=2021 |isbn=978-1-00-037987-7 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |editor=Ashwani Kumar, R. B. Bhagat}}</ref> Its traditional occupation is mostly carpentry.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EjORKo7maRUC&dq=Suthar+carpenter&pg=PA135 |editor=AM Shah |publisher=Taylor&Francis |page=135 |title=The Structure of Indian Society |year=2012 |isbn=978-1-136-19770-3}}</ref> Suthar community predominantly found in [[Gujarat]] and [[Rajasthan]] is a mixture of various castes.<br />
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== Current demography ==<br />
Each subcaste practices different faiths, yet they share a common heritage and a reverence for deities such as Lord [[Vishwakarma]], Lord [[Vishnu]], and Lord [[Shiva]], with a predominant adherence to [[Vaishnavism]]. Common surnames within this community include ''Suthar'', ''Gajjar'', ''Sharma'', ''Acharya'', ''Rathore'', ''Pancholi'', ''Mistri'', ''Jangid'', ''Panchal.''<ref>{{cite web |title=History of Jangid Brahmin Samaj,Shree Vishwakarma,Jangid Community,Samaj Group Jaipur |url=http://www.jangidbrahminsamaj.com/history/eng.htm}}</ref><br />
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== Caste reservations ==<br />
Some subcastes of Suthar are classified as [[Other Backward classes|OBC]] in states like [[Rajasthan]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sje.rajasthan.gov.in/Default.aspx?PageID=67 |title=Backward Classes in Rajasthan |access-date=27 October 2024 |website=Government of Rajasthan}}</ref> [[Haryana]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://haryanascbc.gov.in/reservation-in-haryana/list-of-backward-classes |title=List of Backward Classes |access-date=27 October 2024 |website=Directorate of Welfare of Scheduled Caste & Backward Classes}}</ref> [[Gujarat]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sje.gujarat.gov.in/ddcw/List-of-Socially-and-Educationally-Backward-Classes-of-Gujarat-State?lang=English |title=List of Socially and Educationally Backward Classes of Gujarat State |website=Government of Gujarat}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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{{Social groups of Rajasthan}}{{Social groups of Maharashtra}}<br />
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[[Category:Indian castes]]<br />
[[Category:Social groups of Maharashtra]]<br />
[[Category:Social groups of Gujarat]]<br />
[[Category:Social groups of Rajasthan]]<br />
[[Category:Social groups of Pakistan]]<br />
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