Orh

The Orh or Oad Rajput[1][2] is the name of an Indian caste who hold a variety of occupations. As artisans, they are carpenters and stoneworkers and were considered to be Dalits.[3][4][5] As agriculturalists they are a subcaste of the Chasas in the state of Odisha, who mostly own land while some serve as laborers.[6] As traders, they deal in grain, spices, perfumes, and cloth.[7] They are spread across 40 villages in Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh where they bear surnames like Bhagat, Galgat, Kahlia, Kudavali, Maangal, Majoka, Mundai, Sarvana, and Virpali.[2]

Reference
  1. Congress, Library of; Division, Library of Congress Subject Cataloging; Policy, Library of Congress Office for Subject Cataloging (2013). Library of Congress Subject Headings. Library of Congress.
  2. Sabha, India Parliament Lok (2006). Lok Sabha Debates. Lok Sabha Secretariat.
  3. Upreti, Harish Chandra (1981). Social Organization of a Migrant Group: A Sociological Study of Hill Migrants from Kumaon Region in the City of Jaipur. Himalaya Publishing House. p. 68.
  4. Upadhyay, H. C. (2007). Harijans of Himalaya: With Special Reference to the Harijans of Kumaun Hills. Gyanodaya Prakashan. pp. 13, 44.
  5. Vir, Dharam; Manral, Manju (1990). Tribal Women: Changing Spectrum in India. Classical Publishing Company. p. 113.
  6. Pati, Rabindra Nath (2008). Family Planning. A. P. H. Publication Corporation. p. 114.
  7. Pillai, V. Kannu (2007). Caste: Observation of I.C.S. Officers and Others Since 1881. Siddharth Books. p. 224.
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