The Dangi are an agricultural Hindu caste native to northern India. Their traditional occupation is farming. They speak several languages, but Hindi is the most commonly understood language among them.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][page needed][9][page needed] In Bihar, Dangi are a sub-caste of upwardly mobile Koeri caste.[10][11]
| Regions with significant populations | |
|---|---|
| India | |
| Bihar | 336,629 (0.2575 % of Bihar's population)[1] |
| Religion | |
| • Hinduism | |
References edit
- ^ "List of caste wise population of Bihar". live Hindustan. Archived from the original on 3 October 2023. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
- ^ Bhattacharya 1979, p. 19.
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- ^ Harry Goulbourne (2001). Race and Ethnicity: Racism : exclusion and privilege. Taylor & Francis. pp. 96–. ISBN 978-0-415-22502-1.
- ^ The Eastern Anthropologist. Ethnographic and Folk Culture Society. 1968.
- ^ Gujarat (India) (1971). Gujarat State Gazetteers: Dangs. Directorate of Government Print., Stationery and Publications, Gujarat State.
- ^ Asgharali Engineer (2002). Competing Nationalisms in South Asia: Essays for Asghar Ali Engineer. Orient Blackswan. pp. 124–. ISBN 978-81-250-2221-3.
- ^ P. M. Katare; B. C. Barik (2002). Development, Deprivation, and Human Rights Violation. Rawat Publications. ISBN 978-81-7033-704-1.
- ^ Zeitschrift für Morphologie und Anthropologie. E. Schweizerbart'sche. December 1985.
- ^ "'Lenin' waits wrapped in plastic". www.telegraphindia.com. Archived from the original on 15 July 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
- ^ "Caste calculations". Frontline. 10 April 2019. Archived from the original on 8 May 2023. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
Further reading edit
- Bhattacharya, A N (1979). Habitat Economy and Society: A Study of the Dangis. Concept Publishing Company. pp. 19–.
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