Khati is a Hindu sub-caste of Vishwakarma community which mainly resides in the northern Indian states of Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab and the National Capital Region-Delhi. Apart from Khati, they are also addressed as Jangid, Jangra-Brahmin and are classified as an Other Backward Class caste in the central list of National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC).
In Marwar, a carpenter is called a "Khati". It seems that the word Khati has been derived from the word Kath (काठ). Kath means wood and Khati's are engaged in the business of making wooden articles as carpenter. A Khati is the same person who is called a Badai (बढ़ई) in the North West and Tarkhan in Punjab. In Gorwar district, he is called Sutar and in Jalore district, his name is Vinayak.
The people of Khati caste believe that they originated from Vishwakarma and respect their oaths very much.
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References
- ^ Social Justice and Empowerment Department, Government of Rajasthan. "List of Caste OBC". sje.rajasthan.gov.in. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
- ^ Michael Levien (5 March 2018). Dispossession Without Development. OUP. p. 67. ISBN 978-0-19-085917-6.
- Department of School Education-Punjab. Castes under BC/OBC http://download.ssapunjab.org/sub/instructions/2017/April/SubcastesunderOBC.pdf
- ^ Commission for OBC, Government of NCT of Delhi. "Lists of castes declared as OBC in the act of Delhi". obc.delhi.gov.in. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
- S. K. Chandhoke (1990). Nature and Structure of Rural Habitations. Concept Publishing Company. pp. 98–99. ISBN 978-81-7022-253-8.
- Paramjit S. Judge (13 March 2014). Mapping Social Exclusion in India: Caste, Religion and Borderlands. Cambridge University Press. pp. 202–203. ISBN 978-1-107-05609-1.
- ^ Bajrang Lal Lohiya (1954). Rajasthan Ki Jatiya (in Hindi). Kolkata: Bajranglal Lohiya. pp. 178–179.
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