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Kadava Patidar
ReligionsHindu
LanguagesGujarati
Populated statesGujarat

The Kadava Patidar (also variously spelled Kadwa, Kadva) are a sub-caste of the Patidar. They are mainly found in North Gujarat.[1] They were dependent on cash-crop agriculture and occupied a lower status than the wealthier and more diversified Leva Patidars.[2] The name "Kadava" comes from "Kadi", a former district that existed during the Baroda State.[3]

References

  1. Trivedi, Jayprakash M. (1 January 1992). The Social structure of Patidar caste in India. Kanishka Pub. House. p. 20. ISBN 9788185475196.
  2. Murali, Kanta (2017). Caste, Class, and Capital: The Social and Political Origins of Economic Policy in India. Cambridge University Press. p. 109.
  3. Sadasivan, S. N. (2000). A social history of India. APH Publishing Corporation. p. 257.