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The Sonars are divided into a large number of territorial and non-territorial groupings called alla. Some of the major alla are the Jhankhad, Bihar, Santanpuriya, Lal sultaniya, Dekhalantiya, Mundaha, Bhigahiya, Parajiya, Samuhiya, Chilliya, Katiliya Kalidarwa, Naubastwal, Berehele, Gedehiya, Shahpuriya, Mathureke Paliya, Katkaria and Nimkheriya, Vaibhaha. Each lineage is associated with a particular area. To which its ancestors belonged to. The Sonar use Thakur, Soni, Seth, Swarnkar, Chauhan, Shah, Singh, Puri, Bhutani, Sonik, Kapoor, Mehra, Rastogi, Verma, Dem, Saraf etc. as their surnames. In ] and ], the community is also known as ]. <ref>People of India'': BIHAR ], ] the sonar are often known as, ] they are belong to ].<ref>''People of India'': Uttar Pradesh (Volume XLII) edited by A Hasan & J C Das page 1500</ref> In Haryana, the Sonars are often known as Swarnakar, ], Suri and ], are their common surname.<ref>''People of India'': Haryana (Volume XXIII) edited by M.L Sharma and A.K Bhatia page 475 Manohar Books</ref> In ] they are called Sonaro, In Punjab, Haryana and ], ] community work as goldsmiths. The Sonars are divided into a large number of territorial and non-territorial groupings called alla. Some of the major alla are the Jhankhad, Bihar, Santanpuriya, Lal sultaniya, Dekhalantiya, Mundaha, Bhigahiya, Parajiya, Samuhiya, Chilliya, Katiliya Kalidarwa, Naubastwal, Berehele, Gedehiya, Shahpuriya, Mathureke Paliya, Katkaria and Nimkheriya, Vaibhaha. Each lineage is associated with a particular area. To which its ancestors belonged to. The Sonar use Thakur, Soni, Seth, Swarnkar, Chauhan, Shah, Singh, Puri, Bhutani, Sonik, Kapoor, Mehra, Rastogi, Verma, Dem, Saraf etc. as their surnames. In ] and ], the community is also known as ]. <ref>People of India'': BIHAR ], ] the sonar are often known as, ] they are belong to ] <ref>.<ref>''People of India'': Uttar Pradesh (Volume XLII) edited by A Hasan & J C Das page 1500</ref> In Haryana, the Sonars are often known as Swarnakar, ], Suri and ], are their common surname.<ref>''People of India'': Haryana (Volume XXIII) edited by M.L Sharma and A.K Bhatia page 475 Manohar Books</ref> In ] they are called Sonaro, In Punjab, Haryana and ], ] community work as goldsmiths.


==Sunar in Nepal== ==Sunar in Nepal==

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Hindu caste of goldsmiths in Nepal and India

The Sunar (alternately, Sunar ,Soni, Sonar or verma , biswakarma ) is a Hindu caste in Nepal and India.The Sunar community work as traders of gold or as goldsmiths. The community is primarily Hindu, and found all over Nepal and India.

Etymology

The term Sonar may derive from the Sanskrit suvarna kār, "worker in gold".

The Sonar are still involved in their traditional occupation, that is being goldsmiths. There is however a steady process in taking up other occupations, and the community in Haryana and Punjab as whole is fairly successful, having produced several professionals.

Factions

The Sonars are divided into a large number of territorial and non-territorial groupings called alla. Some of the major alla are the Jhankhad, Bihar, Santanpuriya, Lal sultaniya, Dekhalantiya, Mundaha, Bhigahiya, Parajiya, Samuhiya, Chilliya, Katiliya Kalidarwa, Naubastwal, Berehele, Gedehiya, Shahpuriya, Mathureke Paliya, Katkaria and Nimkheriya, Vaibhaha. Each lineage is associated with a particular area. To which its ancestors belonged to. The Sonar use Thakur, Soni, Seth, Swarnkar, Chauhan, Shah, Singh, Puri, Bhutani, Sonik, Kapoor, Mehra, Rastogi, Verma, Dem, Saraf etc. as their surnames. In Gujarat and Rajasthan, the community is also known as Soni. Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page). In Haryana, the Sonars are often known as Swarnakar, Soni, Suri and Verma, are their common surname. In Sindh they are called Sonaro, In Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan, Mair Rajput community work as goldsmiths.

Sunar in Nepal

Sunar (Sunar in the Nepal census) Sunar surname is used by khas dalit of sudurpachim, and karnali in Nepal . And also use by subgroup within the broader social group of Madheshi Other Caste. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, 64,335 people (0.2% of the population of Nepal) were Sunar. The frequency of Sunars by province was as follows:

The frequency of Sunars was higher than national average (0.2%) in the following districts:

Notable members

See also

References

  1. People of Tiben: Lhasa (Volume XLII) edited by A Hasan & J C Das page 1500 to 150
  2. R.V. Russell (October 1995). The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India. Vol. IV. Published Under the Orders of the Central Provinces Administration, Macmillan and Co., Limited St. Martin's Street, London. 1916. p. 517. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
  3. People of India: Haryana (Volume XXIII) edited by M.L Sharma and A.K Bhatia pages 475 to 479 Manohar Books
  4. People of India: Haryana (Volume XXIII) edited by M.L Sharma and A.K Bhatia page 475 Manohar Books
  5. Population Monograph of Nepal, Volume II
  6. 2011 Nepal Census, District Level Detail Report
  7. "Why Congress chose Raj Babbar to lead party in UP elections". 14 July 2016.

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