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Nomads are known as a group of communities who travel from place to place for their livelihood. Some are salt traders, fortune-tellers, conjurers, ayurvedic healers, jugglers, acrobats, actors, storytellers, snake charmers, animal doctors, tattooists, grindstone makers, or basketmakers. Some anthropologists have identified about 8 nomadic groups in India, numbering perhaps 1 million people—around 0.12 percent of the country's billion-plus population. Aparna Rao and Michael Casimir estimated that nomads make up around 7% of the population of India.
The Swarnkar is a Kshatriya caste in India. Swarnkar is a hindu suryavanshi and chandravanshi caste in India. The Sonar community works trader of gold or as goldsmiths. The community is primarily Hindu, and found all over India.
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The Nat are a Hindu caste found in northern India.
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The Heri are a Hindu caste found in the states of Haryana and Punjab in India.
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