Kadia Kumbhar

Kadia Kumbhar / Kadiya Kumbhar are a Hindu sub-group of the Kumbhar caste, which are found only in Gujarat, India.^[1] They are among the Socially and Educationally Backward Classes of Gujarat State.^[2]

The Kadia Kumbhar caste originated in the 1920s, when a group decided to break links with the Kumbhar, their parent caste and form a new distinct sub-group.^[3] Kadia Kumbhars are those who have taken to the occupation of Kadias, or masons.^[4] Remarriage of divorcees and widows is accepted in the Kadia Kumbhar society.^[4] Marriage between individuals of close relation is prohibited. They are mostly vegetarian in diet but some members, especially in South Gujarat, do eat non-vegetarian food.^[5]

Before India gained independence, the Kadia Kumbhar sub-group was largely concentrated in the territory of the former Baroda State,^[1] Bhavnagar State^[6] and in the Diu territory of Portuguese India.^[7] The first census of the community was taken in the year 1931.^[1] Presently, they are found spread in towns and districts like Vadodara, Amreli, Navsari, Kadi, Okha, Kodinar, Bhavnagar, and Mahuva, which towns were parts of these Princely States and Diu.^[7] The community living in Talaja, Bhavnagar call them Gurjar Kshatriya Kadia Kumbhar.^[8]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Kumar Suresh Singh (1996). Communities, segments, synonyms, surnames and titles. Anthropological Survey of India. p. 454. ISBN 978-0-19-563357-3. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
^ List of Socially and Educationally Backward Classes declared by Gujarat State
^ Gazetteer of the Baroda State. Times Press. 1923. pp. 155, 207. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
^ ^a ^b Gujarat (India) (1984). Gazetteers. Directorate of Government Print., Stationery and Publications. p. 200. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
^ Census of India, 1961: Gujarat. India. Office of the Registrar General, Manager of Publications. 1966. p. 11. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
^ General, India Office of the Registrar (1966). Census of India, 1961: Gujarat. Manager of Publications. p. 11. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
^ ^a ^b Kumar Suresh Singh; B. R. Solanki; N. K. Sinha; Jaime F. Pereira (1994). Daman and Diu. Popular Prakashan. pp. 116–. ISBN 978-81-7154-761-6. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
^ "તળાજામાં ગુર્જર ક્ષત્રિય કડિયા કુંભાર જ્ઞાતિ દ્વારા સમારોહ". DIVYA BHASKAR. Retrieved 8 July 2022.

[Singh1996-1] Kumar Suresh Singh (1996). Communities, segments, synonyms, surnames and titles. Anthropological Survey of India. p. 454. ISBN 978-0-19-563357-3. Retrieved 21 February 2015.

[2] List of Socially and Educationally Backward Classes declared by Gujarat State

[gz-3] Gazetteer of the Baroda State. Times Press. 1923. pp. 155, 207. Retrieved 21 February 2015.

[(India)1984-4] Gujarat (India) (1984). Gazetteers. Directorate of Government Print., Stationery and Publications. p. 200. Retrieved 21 February 2015.

[5] Census of India, 1961: Gujarat. India. Office of the Registrar General, Manager of Publications. 1966. p. 11. Retrieved 6 March 2015.

[6] General, India Office of the Registrar (1966). Census of India, 1961: Gujarat. Manager of Publications. p. 11. Retrieved 22 July 2021.

[brs-7] Kumar Suresh Singh; B. R. Solanki; N. K. Sinha; Jaime F. Pereira (1994). Daman and Diu. Popular Prakashan. pp. 116–. ISBN 978-81-7154-761-6. Retrieved 21 February 2015.

[8] "તળાજામાં ગુર્જર ક્ષત્રિય કડિયા કુંભાર જ્ઞાતિ દ્વારા સમારોહ". DIVYA BHASKAR. Retrieved 8 July 2022.

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