Puran (caste)

Puran (Bhanja Puran or Tamudia Puran) is a caste group of East India. They are primarily inhabitants of the states of Odisha, West Bengal and Jharkhand. ^[1] They are currently considered a Other Backward Class, ^[2] but Jharkhand and Odisha government proposed to include them in the Scheduled Tribes list. ^{[3] [4] [5]} They speak Puran Bhasa, which is a blend of Tamaria and Odia language. As per 2011 census the language recorded 12,375 speaker in India. ^[6]

Puran
Classification	OBC
Country	India
Original state	Odisha, West Bengal, Jharkhand

References

1. "Youngest woman candidate on mission to improve life of poor". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2022-09-20.
2. Central OBC list of Odisha (PDF). ncbc.nic.in (Report).
3. "Inclusion of "Puran" community in the list of STs in the State of Jharkhand" (PDF). National Commission for Scheduled Tribes.
4. Empirical Ethnographic Study on the Social Status of PURAN (BHANJA PURAN and TAMUDIA PURAN) community of Mayurbhanj district of Odisha (PDF). repository.tribal.gov.in (Report). 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 14, 2021.
5. "एससी-एसटी की सूची में संशोधन बिल पेश: भोगता, तमड़िया, पुरान, गंझू सहित राज्य की 10 जातियों को अनुसूचित जनजाति कैटेगरी में शामिल किया जाएगा". Dainik Bhaskar (in Hindi). 2022-02-08. Archived from the original on 2022-02-11. Retrieved 2025-11-07.
6. "C-16: Population by mother tongue, India - 2011". Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India.

Further reading

• Sinha, Surajit (1987). Tribal Polities and State Systems in Pre-colonial Eastern and North Eastern India. Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta. ISBN   978-81-7074-014-8.