Khati is a Hindu sub-caste of Vishwakarma community which mainly resides in the northern Indian states of Rajasthan,[1] Haryana,[2] Punjab[3] and the National Capital Region-Delhi.[4] Apart from Khati, they are also addressed as Jangid, Jangra-Brahmin[5][6] and are classified as an Other Backward Class caste in the central list of National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC).[1][4]
In Marwar, a carpenter is called a "Khati". It seems that the word Khati has been derived from the word Kath (काठ). Kath means wood and Khati's are engaged in the business of making wooden articles as carpenter.[2] A Khati is the same person who is called a Badai (बढ़ई) in the North West and Tarkhan in Punjab. In Gorwar district, he is called Sutar and in Jalore district, his name is Vinayak.[7]
The people of Khati caste believe that they originated from Vishwakarma and respect their oaths very much.[7]
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edit- ^ a b Social Justice and Empowerment Department, Government of Rajasthan. "List of Caste OBC". sje.rajasthan.gov.in. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
- ^ a b Michael Levien (5 March 2018). Dispossession Without Development. OUP. p. 67. ISBN 978-0-19-085917-6.
- ^ Department of School Education-Punjab. Castes under BC/OBC http://download.ssapunjab.org/sub/instructions/2017/April/SubcastesunderOBC.pdf
- ^ a b Commission for OBC, Government of NCT of Delhi. "Lists of castes declared as OBC in the act of Delhi". obc.delhi.gov.in. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
- ^ S. K. Chandhoke (1990). Nature and Structure of Rural Habitations. Concept Publishing Company. pp. 98–99. ISBN 978-81-7022-253-8.
- ^ Paramjit S. Judge (13 March 2014). Mapping Social Exclusion in India: Caste, Religion and Borderlands. Cambridge University Press. pp. 202–203. ISBN 978-1-107-05609-1.
- ^ a b Bajrang Lal Lohiya (1954). Rajasthan Ki Jatiya (in Hindi). Kolkata: Bajranglal Lohiya. pp. 178–179.
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