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'''Tili''', also spelled '''Tilli''', is [[Hindu]] agragrian [[caste]], found in the state of [[Bihar]] and [[West Bengal]] in [[India]].<ref>People of India Bihar Volume XVI  Part Two edited by S Gopal & Hetukar Jha pages 940 to 944 Seagull Books</ref> By late nineteenth century they were one of the fourteen castes belonging to 'Nabasakh' group in Bengal.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Sanyal|first=Hitesranjan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ezzuAAAAIAAJ&q=Nabasakh|title=Social Mobility in Bengal|date=1981|publisher=Papyrus|pages=115|language=en}}</ref>  
'''Tili''' is a [[Hindu]] bussiness and landowning [[caste]], found in the state of [[Bihar]] and [[West Bengal]] in [[India]].<ref>People of India Bihar Volume XVI  Part Two edited by S Gopal & Hetukar Jha pages 940 to 944 Seagull Books</ref> By late nineteenth century they were one of the fourteen castes belonging to 'Nabasakh' group in Bengal.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Sanyal|first=Hitesranjan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ezzuAAAAIAAJ&q=Nabasakh|title=Social Mobility in Bengal|date=1981|publisher=Papyrus|pages=115|language=en}}</ref>  


==History and origin==
==History and origin==

Revision as of 09:18, 26 August 2024

For the drum stick used on a dhol, see tihli.

Tili is a Hindu bussiness and landowning caste, found in the state of Bihar and West Bengal in India.[1] By late nineteenth century they were one of the fourteen castes belonging to 'Nabasakh' group in Bengal.[2]

History and origin

The Tili caste belongs to West Bengal and Bihar. Tilis speak in Angika and Bengali. Tilis are now found mainly in Bhagalpur and Banka district of Bihar, and also in Bankura, Hooghly and Midnapore districts of West Bengal .[3][4]

Present circumstances

The Tilis have two sub-divisions, the Kashyap (Dadash) and the Sandil (Ekadash). They maintain the custom of clan exogamy. The Tilis are cultivators, and have customs similar to other neighbouring Hindu communities such as the Yadav, Kurmi and Sadgop. However in late 1990s, this caste is being linked with Kurmi specially in Bihar because of their main dependency on agriculture and allied activities same as Kurmi. This association is still not widely known but association is being strengthened due to frequent marriage treating themselves at par with Kurmi. Like many other Hindu communities, they have their own caste association, the Tili Samaj, which acts as a welfare association for the community.[5]

Tilis and Tambulis(betel nut growers) were included in the list of 177 "backward classes" for the state of West Bengal by Mandal Commission, but the state government hasn't yet recognised them as such, and they still belong to General category.[6][7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ People of India Bihar Volume XVI Part Two edited by S Gopal & Hetukar Jha pages 940 to 944 Seagull Books
  2. ↑ Sanyal, Hitesranjan (1981). Social Mobility in Bengal. Papyrus. p. 115.
  3. ↑ People of India Bihar Volume XVI Part Two edited by S Gopal & Hetukar Jha pages 940 to 944 Seagull Books
  4. ↑ Guha, Ayan (2022-09-26). The Curious Trajectory of Caste in West Bengal Politics: Chronicling Continuity and Change. BRILL. pp. 128–129. ISBN 978-90-04-51456-0.
  5. ↑ People of India Bihar Volume XVI Part Two edited by S Gopal & Hetukar Jha pages 940 to 944 Seagull Books
  6. ↑ "Bengal govt wary of implementing Mandal report,says OBC group". The Indian Express. 2010-01-10. Retrieved 2023-05-21.
  7. ↑ "Exclusive: Mamata's big caste gamble in TMC manifesto". India Today. Retrieved 2023-05-21.
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