Sarania Kachari

Sarania Kachari

Sarania Kachari
Regions with significant populations
Lower Assam
Languages
Assamese
Religion
Hinduism [1]
Related ethnic groups
Boro people

The Sarania Kachari is an ethnic community in the state of Assam, Northeast India. Members of this community are mostly found in the districts of Kamrup (Metro), Kamrup (Rural), Nalbari, Baksa, Tamulpur,Udalguri, Darrang,Barpeta, Bajali and Bongaigoan. ^[2] Sarania is a category in the tribe-caste continuum of Assamese society.Scholars have identified an instance of this process taking place in Boroma area in the erstwhile Nalbari district in the late 19th century, where a section of Kachari population were assimilated into the Assamese society. ^[3] The notable surnames used by the community are Sarania, Das, Deka, Choudhury, Medhi, Hazarika etc. ^[4]

Notable people

• Naba Kumar Saraniya, Indian Politician, Former Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
• Mrigen Sarania, Mayor of Guwahati Municipal Corporation

Notes

1. "Census of India Website : Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India". www.censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
2. "HOME". udalguri.gov.in. Retrieved 2020-06-26.
3. "The case presented here is from the Boroma area in the erstwhile Nalbari district of lower Assam. In this area, several neo-vaishnavite satras has undertaken the proselytisation of the Bodo-Kachari tribal population since late 19th century.(Sharma,2005:160) A number of villages of the area became saranias under the influence of the satras. These sarania Bodo villages accepted Assamese language and culture and in due course most of them got assimilated with the Assamese society."( Sharma 2009 , p. 361)
4. Haloi (2017) , p. 2: In the zeal towards their newly accepted faith they preferred to use surnames such as Sarania, Das, Deka, Choudhury, Medhi and Hazarika etc.

References

• Haloi, Jurimani (2017). A socio cultural study of the sarania kacharis in assam with special reference to literature (PhD). Gauhati University. hdl:10603/223897.
• Sharma, Chandan Kumar (2009). "Tribe Caste Continuum and the Formation of Assamese Identity". In Medhi, B.K (ed.). Tribes of North-East India: Issues and Challenges. Delhi: Omsons Publications. pp. 354–366.
• Cantile, Audrey (1980). CASTE AND SECT IN AN ASSAMESE VILLAGE (Ph.D.). University of London.