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from OBC Status due to socioeconomically low. Now, they are in all sectors, but mainly as government employers, doctors, IT engineers, social service, agriculture, farming and politicians. Among the numerically larger castes of SC, Dhobi have registered the highest overall literacy rate.
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Valangai ("Right-hand caste faction"). Some of The Valangai comprised castes with an agricultural basis while the Idangai consisted of castes involved in manufacturing, Valangai, which was better organised politically
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Odisha has a significant population of Dhobi people in its coastal belt, i.e. eastern Odisha (
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districts, respectively. Bihar's Dhobi community is included in
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The Dhobi population in the state has been classified as SC.
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Owning Land,Being Women
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190:"Kayvanaval Allitharum and the tiger flag were hoisted
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64:
1129:. National Commission for Backward Classes, India.
1152:"2011 Nepal Census, District Level Detail Report"
999:The fiery goddess became known as Draupadi Amman
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1065:Assam ā Data Highlights: The Scheduled Castes
737:region and established capital at Ambikanagar
8:
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1044:"National Commission for Backward Classes"
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1139:Population Monograph of Nepal, Volume II
970:. Department of Archeology. p. 108.
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32:For the caste that practices Islam, see
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212:, Vannars are still the priests of the
1017:. Thirumagal Publication. p. 113.
926:. SAGE Publication. pp. 295ā310.
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1024:
7:
1127:"central list of OBCs Uttar Pradesh"
787:Amritha Mondal, ed. (6 April 2021).
1260:Other Backward Classes of Karnataka
920:Suresh Kokate, ed. (7 March 2007).
820:. Ashish Publication. p. 184.
1235:Scheduled Castes of Madhya Pradesh
118:whose traditional occupations are
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1205:Scheduled Castes of Uttar Pradesh
987:. Sura Publication. p. 244.
951:"ÄnĢ²antaraį¹
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847:. Sage publication. p. 55.
1245:Scheduled Castes of Uttarakhand
1014:Worship of idols in Tirunelveli
841:Ranabir samaddar, ed. (2009).
793:. Bibiliographic publication.
1:
1255:Scheduled Castes of Meghalaya
1220:Scheduled Castes of Jharkhand
1215:Scheduled Castes of Rajasthan
1011:Ganapathy Raman, ed. (1986).
964:Soundarapandian, ed. (1995).
568:Central Bureau of Statistics
444:Dhoba, Dhobi, Rajak, Rajaka
1250:Scheduled Castes of Mizoram
923:The Social and the Symbolic
1276:
1225:Scheduled Castes of Odisha
814:R N Hadimani, ed. (1984).
726:Indo-Pakistani War of 1947
709:
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1240:Scheduled Castes of Delhi
1230:Scheduled Castes of Assam
1210:Scheduled Castes of Bihar
844:State of Justice in India
114:in India and the greater
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938:Sathiriya Maratiya Parit
102:known in some places as
29:Washerman caste in India
981:Sivamathi, ed. (2006).
817:The politics of poverty
622:Sudurpashchim Province
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170:among themselves, and
135:Supreme Court of India
875:Indian Anthropologist
743:, Marathi Hindu saint
577:. At the time of the
305:Muslim Dhobi (Qassar)
137:noted calling people
85:Related ethnic groups
1069:2001 Census of India
1033:socialjustice.nic.in
984:Spiritual repository
164:Other Backward Class
197:-Right hand history
128:agricultural labour
116:Indian subcontinent
59:of a Dhobi ironing.
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967:Right hand history
383:and OBC elsewhere
1200:Dalit communities
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598:Bagmati Province
592:Lumbini Province
586:Madhesh Province
467:list of Odisha.
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774:References
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754:Dhobi Ghat
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178:Tamil Nadu
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478:Rajasthan
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231:Territory
206:Karnataka
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71:Hinduism
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663:Sarlahi
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241:Status
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124:ironing
120:washing
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375:Sehore
373:, and
371:Raisen
367:Bhopal
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183:Vannar
160:Rajput
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