Tilori Kunbi

Tilori Kunbi is an agricultural, landlord community in the Konkan division and Vidharba of the Indian state of Maharashtra.

They are found in Mumbai, Thane, Palghar, Raigad, Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg, Nagpur, Balaghat, Wardha and the Chandrapur districts.

The presence of tillori kunbi is seen majorly in raigad loksabha constituency. They have local dialects like sangmeshwari, bankot , mahad boli etc. Tilori Kunbi are belongs to the farming community and resident of land tract between sahyadri mountains and Arabian sea. They mostly grow rice, vari, and vegetable.

In medieval times they served as warriors cum soldiers in the army of chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. Many kunbis were patil (I.e. revenue head of the villages).

List of tillori kunbi surnames found in ratnagiri district of maharashtra are chavan, shigwan, bhuwad, kanse, abgul, govalkar, gorivale, jadhav, advilkar, mogare, pawar, wadekar, peje, rewale, ujal, dhawade, bhekat, patil, jogale, badabe, dhopat, kajare,ambede, tambat, mali, joshi, kolambe, mandape,diwale, mulukh, bhosle, mhaparle, gaurat, jadyal, fage, shinde, jagdale, bendre,mandhre,bare, dafale,more, gharvi,chinkate,rajpure, dhadve,misal, namole, pashte, gawade,usare,kashte,chandavade,bhadvalkar, kangane, temkar, mhaskar, abmekar,mandavkar,baikar,bhambhid,mane,kule, davande, ghadashi,ghanekar,nimbare,otari,Daripkar, govale, bait, kasarkar, kothare, Velonde, Ghevade, Durgoli, Bendal

OBC status is accorded to the Kunbis.

Culture

The Kuladevatas mainly worship shivling, Shiva or Shakti as Khandoba or Bhavani. Some of the members from Mumbai, Palghar, Thane and Raigad were converted to Christianity by Portuguese and have been amalgamated into East Indian Catholic community. Main festivals of this community are Shimagotsav, Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti, Ganesh Chaturthi and Gudi Padwa.

External links

• Nergish Sunavala (25 January 2016). "1 East Indian in family? Then all are counted in census | Mumbai News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 3 July 2022.