Puran (caste)

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Puran (Bhanja Puran or Tamudia Puran) is a caste group of East India. They are primarily inhabitants of Odisha, West Bengal and Jharkhand. [1] They are currently considered as Other Backward Class, [2] but Odisha government proposed to include in Scheduled Tribes list. [3]

Puran
ClassificationOBC
Country India
Original state Odisha, West Bengal, Jharkhand

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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. 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.