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	'''Turha''' is a caste mainly found in Bihar, Jharkhand, East UP and Some parts of West Bengal. They worship Lord Shani dev. They claim to belong to Maharana pratap clan. Their main occupation is to sell and grow agricultural products like fish, fruits, and vegetables.		'''Turha''' is a caste mainly found in Bihar, Jharkhand, East UP and Some parts of West Bengal. They worship Lord Shani dev. They claim to belong to Maharana pratap clan. Their main occupation is to sell and grow agricultural products like fish, fruits, and vegetables, as well as to play musical instruments.

	==History and origin==		==History and origin==
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	==Present circumstances==		==Present circumstances==

	The Turha caste are divided into a number of lineages known as khandans. Marriages are forbidden within the khandan. The largest khandan is the Palak Turha. They use Sah, Sahu, ~~shah~~, ~~shaw~~, Prasad, ~~saw~~, ~~sau~~, ~~turha~~, ~~turaha~~,~~turaiha~~,~~tura, etc.~~ as surnames. <ref name="People of India"/>They reside all over India and some Turha also stay in Gulf countries and they do their business all over world.		The Turha caste are divided into a number of lineages known as khandans{{which lang?\|date=September 2021}}. Marriages are forbidden within the khandan. The largest khandan is the Palak Turha. They use Sah, Sahu, Shah, Shaw, Prasad, Saw, Sau, Turha, Turaha, Turaiha, and Tura as surnames.<ref name="People of India"/> They reside all over India and some Turha also stay in Gulf countries and they do their business all over the world.

	==References==		==References==

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{{singlesource|date=June 2018}}
'''Turha''' is a caste mainly found in Bihar, Jharkhand, East UP and Some parts of West Bengal. They worship Lord Shani dev. They claim to belong to Maharana pratap clan. Their main occupation is to sell and grow agricultural products like fish, fruits, and vegetables.

==History and origin==

They are found mainly in [[Darbhanga]] and [[Muzaffarpur]], [[Samastipur]] -(Dalsingsarai), [[Begusarai]], [[East & West Champaran]], [[Gopalganj district, India|Gopalganj]], [[Siwan District|Siwan]], [[Chapra, Nadia (community development block)|Chapra]], [[Vaishali district|Vaishali]], districts of [[Bihar]], with a few also found in the neighbouring [[Terai]] region of [[Nepal]], eastern [[Uttar Pradesh|U.P.]], [[West Bengal]] and western [[Bihar]], and all over India. They speak [[Bajjika]], [[Maithili language|Maithili]], [[Bhojpuri languagethey shanidev|Bhojpuri]] and [[Hindi]].<ref name="People of India">''People of India Bihar'' Volume XVI Part Two, edited by S Gopal & Hetukar Jha pages 945 to 947 Seagull Books</ref>

==Present circumstances==

The Turha caste are divided into a number of lineages known as khandans. Marriages are forbidden within the khandan. The largest khandan is the Palak Turha. They use Sah, Sahu, shah, shaw, Prasad, saw, sau, turha, turaha,turaiha,tura, etc. as surnames. <ref name="People of India"/>They reside all over India and some Turha also stay in Gulf countries and they do their business all over world.

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Social groups of Bihar]]
[[Category:Social groups of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Indian castes]]

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