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| |group= Ramaiya | | |group= Ramaiya |
| |total = 6,300 | | |total = |
| |total_ref = <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.joshuaproject.net/peoples.php|title = People Groups | Joshua Project}}</ref> | | |total_ref = |
| |popplace = {{hlist| {{flagcountry|India}} | {{flagcountry|Pakistan}}}} | | |popplace = {{hlist|India | Pakistan}} |
| |langs = {{hlist| [[Urdu language|Urdu]] | [[Hindi language|Hindi]]}} | | |langs = |
| |related= {{hlist| [[Bhatra]] | [[Shaikhs in South Asia|Shaikh]]}} | | |related= |
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| The '''Ramaiya''' are a [[caste]] found in the state of [[Uttar Pradesh]] in [[India]].<ref name="A Hasan pages 336">People of India Uttar Pradesh Volume XLII Part One edited by A Hasan & J C Das pages 336 to 339</ref> Many members of this community migrated to [[Pakistan]] in 1947 and have settled in [[Punjab]]. | | The '''Ramaiya''' are a [[caste]] found in the state of [[Uttar Pradesh]] in India.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Levinson |first=David |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ds0ZAQAAIAAJ&q=The+Ramaiya+are+a+caste+found+in+the+state+of+Uttar+Pradesh+in+India. |title=Encyclopedia of World Cultures: South Asia |date=1991 |publisher=G.K. Hall |isbn=978-0-8161-1812-0 |language=en}}</ref> Many members of this community migrated to Pakistan in 1947 and have settled in [[Punjab]].{{cn|date=October 2023}} |
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| The Ramaiya are a community that are partly [[Sikh]], and partly [[Muslim]]. They get their name from the [[word]] ''Ramay'', which means to Archer. The community acquired this name on account of the fact that they were Farmers, and are said to have belonged to the [[Bhatra]] community, a well known Sikh caste of [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]]. Like the Bhatra, they are said to be [[Kshatriya]]s. They migrated into [[Uttar Pradesh]] in the 17th and 18th Century. The community were originally Sikh, and said to have come from [[Punjab]]. However long residence in [[Uttar Pradesh]] has meant that Ramaiya are more properly [[Nanakshahi]], rather than Sikh. A significant number of Ramaiya in the [[Rohilkhand]] region have converted to [[Islam]]. The Nanakshahi are sub-divided into a number of exogamous clans, known as [[gotra]]s. Their main gotras are the Bamra, Bank, Barsari, Bhat, Bisati, Dargal, Gajra, Gaur, Gujjar, Hardoiri, Nomain, Radi, Rai, Ranipari, Rathore, Sinha and Sipmatua. While the [[Muslim]] branch consists of the following divisions, the Rajput and Ramay.<ref>Tribes and castes of Northwestern Provinces and Oudh by William Crooke</ref> | |
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| ==Present circumstances==
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| The community were traditionally salesman and village shop keepers. Many are now successful businessmen. They are found mainly in western [[Uttar Pradesh]] in the districts of [[Saharanpur District|Saharanpur]], [[Bijnor District|Bijnor]], [[Moradabad District|Moradabad]] and [[Jyotiba Phule Nagar]]. Their main settlements in Bagpat. In [[Saharanpur District]], their main settlement is Chilkhana. Like other [[North India]]n [[Hindu]] communities, they maintain strict clan exogamy. While the [[Muslim]] section prefers marrying close kin, and practice both parallel cousin and cross cousin marriages. Many [[Nanakshahi]] Ramaiya are now orthodox [[Hindu]].
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