Dhimar

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Dhimar

This section has been extracted from THE TRIBES and CASTES of BENGAL. By H.H. RISLEY, INDIAN CIVIL SERVICE, OFFICIER D'ACADÉMIE FRANÇAISE. Ethnographic Glossary. CALCUTTA: Printed at the Bengal Secretariat Press. 1891. .

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A sub-caste of Kahars in Behar who say that they immigrated from the west. They carry palanquins and work as domestic servants, while some of them parch grain and keep petty shops. Socially they rank some¬what below the Hawani Rahars, and Brahmans will not take water from their hands. They practise widow-marriage, and have a remarkable ceremony for divorce on the ground of adultery, the concluding act of which is to pom a gizanuh of water over the wife's head and turn her adrift.

Dhimar

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Synonyms: Dhiwar, Dhiwra, Jalchatri [Madhya Pradesh and/or Chhattisgarh] Baraua, Bhoi, Kahar, Machhandar, Palewar [Russell & Hiralal] Groups/subgroups: Bandhaiya, Bansia, Jhinga, Nadha, Sanjhora, Sarais, Singaria, Tankiwala, Thinges [Madhya Pradesh and/or Chhattisgarh]

• Sub-divisions: Bandhaiyas, Bansias, Bhanare Dhimars, Dhurias, Gadherwale Dhimars, Gondia, Jhingas, Kasdhonia

Dhimars, Nadha, Saraias, Singaria, Sonjhara, Tankiwalas [Russell & Hiralal] Surnames: Dhimar, Prasad, Sah, Sahu [Bihar and/or Jharkhand] Hirwani, Parikar, Rahile [Madhya Pradesh and/or Chhattisgarh]

• Exogamous groups: Baghmar, Bhoyar, Gadhekhaya, Gidhwe, Gondhali, Guru pahchan, Kachhwaha, Kasture,

Kblhe, Madgi, Midoia, Ojhwa, Pindaria, Tumsare, nagpurkar [Russell & Hiralal] Exogamous units/clans: Bagdarai, Banjari, Dharamgudi, Hirvi, Hirwani, Jaghbeda, Kosaria, Matiaram, Pandarai, Parikar, Putan, Ragre, Rahula, Raigro, Raila, Sapaha, Sonvani Sonarsit (each clan has separate deity) [Madhya Pradesh and/or Chhattisgarh] Gotra: Kashyap [Bihar and/or Jharkhand] Exogamous units/lineages (bans): [Bihar and/or Jharkhand]