Kadia Kumbhar

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Kadia Kumbhar / Kadiya Kumbhar are a Hindu sub-group of the Kumbhar caste, which are found only in Gujarat, India. [1] They are among the Socially and Educationally Backward Classes of Gujarat State. [2]

The Kadia Kumbhar caste originated in the 1920s, when a group decided to break links with the Kumbhar, their parent caste and form a new distinct sub-group. [3] Kadia Kumbhars are those who have taken to the occupation of Kadias, or masons. [4] Remarriage of divorcees and widows is accepted in the Kadia Kumbhar society. [4] Marriage between individuals of close relation is prohibited. They are mostly vegetarian in diet but some members, especially in South Gujarat, do eat non-vegetarian food. [5]

Before India gained independence, the Kadia Kumbhar sub-group was largely concentrated in the territory of the former Baroda State, [1] Bhavnagar State [6] and in the Diu territory of Portuguese India. [7] The first census of the community was taken in the year 1931. [1] Presently, they are found spread in towns and districts like Vadodara, Amreli, Navsari, Kadi, Okha, Kodinar, Bhavnagar, and Mahuva, which towns were parts of these Princely States and Diu. [7] The community living in Talaja, Bhavnagar call them Gurjar Kshatriya Kadia Kumbhar. [8]

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  2. ↑ List of Socially and Educationally Backward Classes declared by Gujarat State
  3. ↑ Gazetteer of the Baroda State. Times Press. 1923. pp. 155, 207. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  4. 1 2 Gujarat (India) (1984). Gazetteers. Directorate of Government Print., Stationery and Publications. p. 200. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  5. ↑ Census of India, 1961: Gujarat. India. Office of the Registrar General, Manager of Publications. 1966. p. 11. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
  6. ↑ General, India Office of the Registrar (1966). Census of India, 1961: Gujarat. Manager of Publications. p. 11. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
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