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Kori (caste)

Kori (caste)

SUBGROUP of Koli Caste

For agricultural caste of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar known alternatively as Kushwaha and Maurya, see Koeri.

Kori/koli is an Indian caste, who were traditionally weavers and fishermen. They are descendants of Saint Kabir Das Ji Maharaj.[1] Other names for this caste include Kamal, Kamalvansi and Shankhawar, Kabirpanthi and Julaha[2]

The Koris/kolis are classified as a Scheduled Caste/ obc caste in the states of Himachal Pradesh,[3] Uttar Pradesh[4][5] and Uttarakhand.[6] Koris are weaver by profession but they suffered a lot by industrialization of weaving machines.[7]

The Kori scheduled caste population in Uttar Pradesh at the 2011 census of India was 2,293,937.[8] The Kori's traditional caste councils, plans and implements welfare activities and also settles disputes. Imposition of cash fine is a form of punishment inflicted by the council.[9]

Etymology

The name "Kori" is associated to "kol" which is a tribe mainly in UP,MP Jharkhand .[10]

History

Harold Gould noted in his research of the jajmani system in Uttar Pradesh that by the 1960s, all of the Koris in the villages studied by him had adopted roles as agriculturist, ploughmen, and midwives, because industrialisation had made their traditional occupation as weavers redundant.[11]

References

  1. [1]
    Chandel, M. P. S. (1991). Democratic Transformation of a Social Class. Mittal Publications. p. 49. ISBN 978-81-7099-314-8.
  2. [2]
    Badri Narayan (2006). Women Heroes and Dalit Assertion in North India: Culture, Identity and Politics. SAGE. p. 119. ISBN 978-81-321-0280-9. Archived from the original on 12 July 2023. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  3. [3]
    "List of Scheduled Castes". Government of Himachal Pradesh. Archived from the original on 19 June 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  4. [4]
    Ashish Tripathi (19 February 2011). "UP government has clarified that kori caste is considered as scheduled caste". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 10 June 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  5. [5]
    "Scheduled castes of Uttar Pradesh" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  6. [6]
    "Scheduled castes of Uttarakhand" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  7. [7]
    Chandel, M. P. S. (1 January 1991). Democratic Transformation of a Social Class. New Delhi, India: Mittal Publications. p. 49. ISBN 978-81-7099-314-8.
  8. [8]
    "A-10 Individual Scheduled Caste Primary Census Abstract Data and its Appendix - Uttar Pradesh". Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Archived from the original on 31 July 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  9. [9]
    Chanchreek, K. L. (2007). Sant Kabir: life and philosophy. New Delhi, India: Shree Publications. p. 190. ISBN 978-81-8329-161-3. Archived from the original on 4 June 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  10. [10]
    K. S. Singh (1998). India's Communities. Oxford University Press. p. 1822. ISBN 978-0-19-563354-2. Archived from the original on 14 April 2023. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  11. [11]
    Gould, Harold A. (January 1964). "A Jajmani System of North India: Its Structure, Magnitude, and Meaning". Ethnology. 3 (1): 12–41. doi:10.2307/4617554. JSTOR 4617554.


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