Khati

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Khati is a Hindu sub-caste of Vishwakarma community which mainly resides in the northern Indian states of Rajasthan, [1] Haryana, [2] Punjab [3] and the National Capital Region-Delhi. [4] Apart from Khati, they are also addressed as Jangid,Jangra or Jangra-Brahman [5] [6] and are classified as an Other Backward Class caste in the central list of National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC). [1] [4]

In Marwar, a carpenter is called a "Khati". It seems that the word Khati has been derived from the word Kath (काठ). Kath means wood and Khati's are engaged in the business of making wooden articles as carpenter. [2] A Khati is the same person who is called a Badai (बढ़ई) in the North West and Tarkhan in Punjab. In Gorwar district, he is called Sutar and in Jalore district, his name is Vinayak. [7]

The people of Khati or jangid-brahman caste are descendants of [(BRAHM RISHI ANGIRA which is one of the Sapta Rishi) ]according to Atharv veda and respect their oaths very much. [7]

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  1. 1 2 Social Justice and Empowerment Department, Government of Rajasthan. "List of Caste OBC". sje.rajasthan.gov.in. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
  2. 1 2 Michael Levien (5 March 2018). Dispossession Without Development. OUP. p. 67. ISBN   978-0-19-085917-6.
  3. ↑ Department of School Education-Punjab. Castes under BC/OBC http://download.ssapunjab.org/sub/instructions/2017/April/SubcastesunderOBC.pdf
  4. 1 2 Commission for OBC, Government of NCT of Delhi. "Lists of castes declared as OBC in the act of Delhi". obc.delhi.gov.in. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
  5. ↑ S. K. Chandhoke (1990). Nature and Structure of Rural Habitations. Concept Publishing Company. pp. 98–99. ISBN   978-81-7022-253-8.
  6. ↑ Paramjit S. Judge (13 March 2014). Mapping Social Exclusion in India: Caste, Religion and Borderlands. Cambridge University Press. pp. 202–203. ISBN   978-1-107-05609-1.
  7. 1 2 Bajrang Lal Lohiya (1954). Rajasthan Ki Jatiya (in Hindi). Kolkata: Bajranglal Lohiya. pp. 178–179.


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