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==Social status==
==Social status==
In states like [[Uttar Pradesh]] and [[Bihar]], they are considered the highest class of Brahmins.Except the areas where Gaurs reside like Western Uttarpradesh<ref>{{cite book|title=Uttar Pradesh : General Background Opposition in a Dominant Party System A Study of the Jan Sangh, the Praja Socialist Party, and the Socialist Party in Uttar Pradesh, India|page=27|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v3d2EAAAQBAJ&dq=kanyakubja+brahmins+social+status&pg=PA27|author=Angela S. Burger|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=9780520365568|year=2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dw8wAQAAIAAJ&q=Kanyakubja+highest+class+bihar|title=People of India: Bihar (2 pts.)|page=447|author=Kumar Suresh Singh|year=2008|publisher=Anthropological Survey of India|isbn=9788170463023 }}</ref><ref>https://books.google.co.in/books?id=XyCBDwAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PT80&dq=anomalies+have+always+have+been+there+regarding+rank&hl=en&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=anomalies%20have%20always%20have%20been%20there%20regarding%20rank&f=false</ref><ref>https://books.google.co.in/books?id=gf1m6isJ8JgC&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&dq=Dichhat+are+known+as+Gaur+Brahmins++Chhajwan+,+Ror+and+Sitya+have+a+lower+social+status&q=Dichhat+are+known+as+Gaur+Brahmins++Chhajwan+,+Ror+and+Sitya+have+a+lower+social+status&hl=en&redir_esc=y</ref>
In states like [[Uttar Pradesh]] and [[Bihar]], they are considered the highest class of Brahmins. Except the areas where [[Gaur Brahmins|Gaurs Brahmins]] reside like Western Uttar Pradesh<ref>{{cite book|title=Uttar Pradesh : General Background Opposition in a Dominant Party System A Study of the Jan Sangh, the Praja Socialist Party, and the Socialist Party in Uttar Pradesh, India|page=27|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v3d2EAAAQBAJ&dq=kanyakubja+brahmins+social+status&pg=PA27|author=Angela S. Burger|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=9780520365568|year=2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dw8wAQAAIAAJ&q=Kanyakubja+highest+class+bihar|title=People of India: Bihar (2 pts.)|page=447|author=Kumar Suresh Singh|year=2008|publisher=Anthropological Survey of India|isbn=9788170463023 }}</ref><ref>https://books.google.co.in/books?id=XyCBDwAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PT80&dq=anomalies+have+always+have+been+there+regarding+rank&hl=en&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=anomalies%20have%20always%20have%20been%20there%20regarding%20rank&f=false</ref><ref>https://books.google.co.in/books?id=gf1m6isJ8JgC&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&dq=Dichhat+are+known+as+Gaur+Brahmins++Chhajwan+,+Ror+and+Sitya+have+a+lower+social+status&q=Dichhat+are+known+as+Gaur+Brahmins++Chhajwan+,+Ror+and+Sitya+have+a+lower+social+status&hl=en&redir_esc=y</ref>


==Notable people==
==Notable people==

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Kanyakubja Brahmin
Regions with significant populations
Uttar Pradesh • Madhya Pradesh • West Bengal[1][2][3] • Chhattisgarh • Jharkhand • Bihar • Assam[1] • Tripura
Languages
Hindi • Bhojpuri • Bengali[2][4] • other Indo-Aryan languages
Religion
Hinduism
Related ethnic groups
Saraswat Brahmins • Gauda Brahmins • Maithil Brahmins • Bengali Brahmins • Utkala Brahmins

Kanyakubja Brahmins are an endogamous[5] Brahmin community mainly found in northern India. They are classified as one of the Pancha Gauda Brahmin communities native to the north of the Vindhyas.[6]

Social status[edit]

In states like Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, they are considered the highest class of Brahmins. Except the areas where Gaurs Brahmins reside like Western Uttar Pradesh[7][8][9][10]

Notable people[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bengali Brahmins
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kulin Brahmin
  3. ↑ Hopkins, Thomas J. (1989). "The Social and Religious Background for Transmission of Gaudiya Vaisnavism to the West". In Bromley, David G.; Shinn, Larry D. (eds.). Krishna consciousness in the West. Bucknell University Press. pp. 35–36. ISBN 978-0-8387-5144-2. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
  4. ↑ Sengupta, Nitish K. (2001). History of the Bengali-Speaking People. UBS Publishers' Distributors. p. 25. ISBN 81-7476-355-4.
  5. ↑ Suhasini Bhatnagar and Suraksha Agrawal (2016). "Surname Endogamy among the Brahmin of India". Current Sociology. 50 (6): 853–861. doi:10.1177/0011392102050006005. S2CID 145181320.
  6. ↑ Upinder Singh (2008). A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India. Pearson Education India. p. 575. ISBN 9788131711200.
  7. ↑ Angela S. Burger (2022). Uttar Pradesh : General Background Opposition in a Dominant Party System A Study of the Jan Sangh, the Praja Socialist Party, and the Socialist Party in Uttar Pradesh, India. University of California Press. p. 27. ISBN 9780520365568.
  8. ↑ Kumar Suresh Singh (2008). People of India: Bihar (2 pts.). Anthropological Survey of India. p. 447. ISBN 9788170463023.
  9. ↑ https://books.google.co.in/books?id=XyCBDwAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PT80&dq=anomalies+have+always+have+been+there+regarding+rank&hl=en&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=anomalies%20have%20always%20have%20been%20there%20regarding%20rank&f=false
  10. ↑ https://books.google.co.in/books?id=gf1m6isJ8JgC&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&dq=Dichhat+are+known+as+Gaur+Brahmins++Chhajwan+,+Ror+and+Sitya+have+a+lower+social+status&q=Dichhat+are+known+as+Gaur+Brahmins++Chhajwan+,+Ror+and+Sitya+have+a+lower+social+status&hl=en&redir_esc=y
  11. ↑ N.K Singh (31 May 1996). "Atal Bihari Vajpayee: A private person with strong dislikes and few close friends". India Today.
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