Valmiki caste

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Valmiki is a name used by a variety ofcommunities throughout India who all claim descent from the author of the Ramayana, Valmiki. The Valmikis can be classified as a caste or Sampradaya (tradition/sect).[1]

North India[edit]

In North India Valmiki, also called Chuhra or Bhangi, are considered Scheduled Caste. There they have historically faced exclusion and oppression in society, and are frequently affected by anti-scheduled caste violence and repression by members of other castes.[2][page needed] They have traditionally been sewage cleaners and sanitation workers, and most of the manual scavengers in urban areas of northwest India, such as Delhi and Jaipur, are recruited from this community.[3]

According to the 2001 Census of India, the Valmikis formed 11.2 per cent of the Scheduled Caste population in Punjab[4] and were the second-most populous Scheduled Caste in Delhi National Capital Region.[5][6][page needed] The 2011 Census of India for Uttar Pradesh showed the Valmiki population, which was classified as a Scheduled Caste, as 1,319,241.[7]

South India[edit]

In South India the term is mainly used as a self-identification by the Boya or Bedar Nayaka caste, a traditional hunting and martial caste who are considered as Backward castes in Andhra Pradesh and Scheduled Tribe in Karnataka. The Valmikis are mainly concentrated in Anantapur, Kurnool and Kadapa districts of Andhra Pradesh and in Bellary, Raichur and Chitradurga districts of Karnataka, although they are spread all over the state.[8][9] They also built a temple of Valmiki in Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh.[10] In Andhra Pradesh they are known as Boya Valmikis or Valmikis.[11][12]

Other countries[edit]

In the UK, the Council of Valmiki Sabhas UK claims to represent the Valmiki.[13][page needed][14]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ Jacobs, Stephen (22 April 2010). Hinduism Today: An Introduction. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 117. ISBN 9781441138200.
  2. ↑ Kumar, Narender; Rai, Manoj (2006). Dalit Leadership in Panchayats: A Comparative Study of Four States. Rawat Publications.
  3. ↑ Gandhi, Neepa. "A STUDY OF LIVELIHOOD AND EDUCATIONAL STATUS OF SANITATION WORKERS IN AHMEDABAD, GUJARAT" (PDF). International Journal of Research in Management & Social Science. 3: 163–198.
  4. ↑ "Punjab: Data Highlights: The Scheduled Castes" (PDF). Census I. 2001. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "Delhi: Data Highlights: The Scheduled Castes" (PDF). Census India. 2001. p. 1. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  6. ↑ Leslie, J.(2003) Authority and Meaning in Indian Religions: Hinduism and the Case of Valmiki. Ashgate publishing. ISBN 0754634302
  7. ↑ "A-10 Individual Scheduled Caste Primary Census Abstract Data and its Appendix - Uttar Pradesh". Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  8. ↑ Caste,Class and Social Articulation in Andhra Pradesh:Mapping Differential Regional Trajectories (PDF), Osmania University
  9. ↑ J. Sreenath; S. H. Ahmad (1989). All India anthropometric survey: analysis of data. South Zone. Anthropological Survey of India. p. 37.
  10. ↑ Mohammad, Afsar (December 2013). The Festival of Pirs: Popular Islam and Shared Devotion in South India. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199997596.
  11. ↑ Virendra Kumar (1975). Committees and Commissions in India, 1947-73: 1979 (2 v.). Concept Publishing Company. p. 42. ISBN 9788170225089.
  12. ↑ Beals, Alan R. (29 September 2017), "The South Indian World", Village Life in South India, Routledge, pp. 27–44, ISBN 978-1-351-29992-3, retrieved 7 August 2021
  13. ↑ Jacobs, Stephen (2010). Hinduism Today: An Introduction. A & C Black.
  14. ↑ "Memorandum submitted by Central Valmiki Sabha International (UK)". United Kingdom Parliament. 12 November 2009. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
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