Orh

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The Orh (also known as Oad or Odh) Rajput[1][2] is a drifting tribe of laborers in Gujarat, Kathiawar, and some parts of Rajasthan. They drift and shift lock, stock, and barrel with their families wherever work is to be done.[3] They are said to hold a variety of occupations. As artisans, they are carpenters and stoneworkers and were considered to be Dalits.[need quotation to verify][4][5][6] As agriculturalists they are a subcaste of the Chasas in the state of Odisha, who mostly own land while some serve as laborers.[7] As traders, they deal in grain, spices, perfumes, and cloth.[8] 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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  1. ^ 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. ^ a b Sabha, India Parliament Lok (2006). Lok Sabha Debates. Lok Sabha Secretariat.
  3. ^ Pal, Sushilaben; Narula, S. C. (1998). "Some Ballads and Legends : Gujarati Folklore". Indian Literature. 42 (5 (187)): 172–184. ISSN 0019-5804.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Upadhyay, H. C. (2007). Harijans of Himalaya: With Special Reference to the Harijans of Kumaun Hills. Gyanodaya Prakashan. pp. 13, 44.
  6. ^ Vir, Dharam; Manral, Manju (1990). Tribal Women: Changing Spectrum in India. Classical Publishing Company. p. 113.
  7. ^ Pati, Rabindra Nath (2008). Family Planning. A. P. H. Publication Corporation. p. 114.
  8. ^ Pillai, V. Kannu (2007). Caste: Observation of I.C.S. Officers and Others Since 1881. Siddharth Books. p. 224.
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