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| The '''Barai''' are a ] ] found in the state of ] in India. They are also known as 'Chaurasia'.<ref name=autogenerated1>People of India Uttar Pradesh Volume XLII Part One edited by A Hasan & J C Das page 177 to 182 Manohar Publications</ref>{{better source|date=January 2017}} | |||
| The '''Barai''' are a ] ] found in ], ].<ref name="autogenerated1"> People of India Uttar Pradesh Volume XLII Part One edited by A Hasan & J C Das page 177 to 182 Manohar Publications</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Chaurasia|first=Radhey Shyam|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cWmsQQ2smXIC|title=History of Ancient India: Earliest Times to 1000 A.D.|date=2002|publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Dist|isbn=978-81-269-0027-5|language=en}}</ref> The people of this community mainly uses "]" as surname (or 'Title').<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-01-09|title=chaurasia – People Groups of India|url=https://peoplegroupsindia.com/tag/chaurasia/|access-date=2020-11-17|website=People Groups of India|language=en-US}}</ref> | |||
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| . They are further divided into a number of clans, the main ones being the Chaurasia, ], Jaiswar and ].<ref name=autogenerated1 />{{better source|date=January 2017}} | |||
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| Most families possess small holdings, with a smaller number renting land from other communities. A significant number are also involved in selling ], especially in ]. In western Uttar Pradesh, they sell their produce to the Tamboli community. They tend to live in their own settlements, which are often located near the outskirts of towns.<ref name=autogenerated1 />{{better source|date=January 2017}} | |||
| The Barai are strictly ], and practice clan ]. Like other Hindu castes, they have set up a caste association, the Chaurasia Samiti. This acts both as an instrument of social control, as well the controlling the sale of betel nuts in eastern Uttar Pradesh. The Barai are Hindu, and their tribal deity is ], the snake god.<ref name=autogenerated1 />{{better source|date=January 2017}} | |||
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The Barai are a Hindu caste found in Uttar Pradesh, India. The people of this community mainly uses "Chaurasia" as surname (or 'Title').
References
- People of India Uttar Pradesh Volume XLII Part One edited by A Hasan & J C Das page 177 to 182 Manohar Publications
- Chaurasia, Radhey Shyam (2002). History of Ancient India: Earliest Times to 1000 A.D. Atlantic Publishers & Dist. ISBN 978-81-269-0027-5.
- "chaurasia – People Groups of India". People Groups of India. 9 January 2019. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
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