A Study on Socio- Cultural life of Kharwar Tribe of Sonbhadra District of (U.P.)
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science - Year 2018, Vol 23, Issue 2
Abstract
Kharwar is a community found in the Indian states of Uttar Pradesh Sonbhadra, Bihar, Jharkhand, WestBengal, Orissa, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Delhi and Chhattisgarh.The Kharwar have various putative origins. Some may be traced to Palamu district, now in the state of Jharkhand, while others may have lived in the Sone Valley. Those of Uttar Pradesh claim to have come from Rohtas and to be descended from the mythological Suryavansha dynasty calling themselves "Kharagvanshi. The Government of Uttar Pradesh had classified the Kharwar as a Scheduled Caste but the community members disliked this. preferring to think of themselves as a tribe. By 2007, they were one of several groups that the Uttar Pradesh government had redesignated as Scheduled Tribes. As of 2017, this designation applied only in certain districts of the state. The Kharwar Scheduled Caste population in Uttar Pradesh According Census of India was (2011)14,796. Culture is composed of integrated customs, traditions and current behaviour patterns of human group. Culture is the stock in trade of a group. It is an antecedent complex of value in which every individual is born. It is a medium within which individual develop and mature. In Kharwar community family used to be small be follow marriage rules, no marriage with outsider is allowed, an monogamy is the general rule. The Kharwar lead a simple social life.The kinship system of the Kharwar is of the usual classificatory. There are uncle and aunts in the society. They have joking and avoidance relationship with each other.
Authors and Affiliations
Mohsina Bano, Prof. (Dr. ) Jahanara, Dr. (Ms) Alam Ara
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