Orh
The Orh or Oad Rajput[1][2] is the name of an Indian caste who hold a variety of occupations. As artisans, they are carpenters and stoneworkers and were considered to be Dalits.Template:Request quote[3][4][5] As agriculturalists they are a subcaste of the Chasas in the state of Odisha, who mostly own land while some serve as laborers.[6] As traders, they deal in grain, spices, perfumes, and cloth.[7] They are spread across 40 villages in Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh where they bear surnames like Bhagat, Galgat, Kahlia, Kudavali, Maangal, Majoka, Mundai, Sarvana, and Virpali.[2]
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- ↑ Congress, Library of; Division, Library of Congress Subject Cataloging; Policy, Library of Congress Office for Subject Cataloging (2013). Library of Congress Subject Headings. Library of Congress.
{{cite book}}:|last3=has generic name (help) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Sabha, India Parliament Lok (2006). Lok Sabha Debates. Lok Sabha Secretariat.
- ↑ Upreti, Harish Chandra (1981). Social Organization of a Migrant Group: A Sociological Study of Hill Migrants from Kumaon Region in the City of Jaipur. Himalaya Publishing House. p. 68.
- ↑ Upadhyay, H. C. (2007). Harijans of Himalaya: With Special Reference to the Harijans of Kumaun Hills. Gyanodaya Prakashan. pp. 13, 44.
- ↑ Vir, Dharam; Manral, Manju (1990). Tribal Women: Changing Spectrum in India. Classical Publishing Company. p. 113.
- ↑ Pati, Rabindra Nath (2008). Family Planning. A. P. H. Publication Corporation. p. 114.
- ↑ Pillai, V. Kannu (2007). Caste: Observation of I.C.S. Officers and Others Since 1881. Siddharth Books. p. 224.