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'''Bengali Kayasthas''' are one of the top 3 elite castes among Hindu ] (other 2 castes being ] & ]) present commonly in the Indian states of ], ], ] & in the country of ]. Bengali Kayasthas are Hindu by religion. ] is an upper caste. '''Bengali Kayasthas''' are one of the top 3 elite castes among Hindu ] (other 2 castes being ] & ]) present commonly in the Indian states of ], ], ] & in the country of ]. Bengali Kayasthas are Hindu by religion. ] is an upper caste.


Common Kayastha surnames are Basu/Bose, Ghosh, Mitra, Guha, Sen, Singha/Sinha, Dutta, Dey/Deb, Das/Dass, Kar, Dhar, Chanda/Chandra, Nag, Nandi, Palit,etc. Common Kayastha surnames are Basu/Bose, Ghosh, Mitra, Guha, Sen, Singha/Sinha, Dutta, Dey/Deb, Das/Dass, Kar, Dhar, Chanda/Chandra, Nag, Nandi, Palit, etc.


Kayasthas also received honourific titles during the erstwhile ] & British period. Common honourific titles are Majumder, Sarkar, Roy,Bakshi, Chowdhury, Dastidar, Pal/Paul, Munshi, Biswas, Mondal/Mandal, Sikder, Halder, Mallick/Mullick, Barman, Samaddar, Tarafder, Tapader etc. Kayasthas also received honourific titles during the erstwhile ] & British period. Common honourific titles are Majumder, Sarkar, Roy, Bakshi, Chowdhury, Dastidar, Pal/Paul, Munshi, Biswas, Mondal/Mandal, Sikder, Halder, Mallick/Mullick, Barman, Samaddar, Tarafder, Tapader etc.


Compounded Kayastha surnames include: Compounded Kayastha surnames include:
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*BasuMallick *BasuMallick
*BasuBhowmik *BasuBhowmik
*BasuMondal *BasuMondal
*GhoshDastidar *GhoshDastidar
*GhoshRoy *GhoshRoy
*GhoshHazra *GhoshHazra

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Bengali Kayasthas are one of the top 3 elite castes among Hindu Bengalis (other 2 castes being Brahmin & Baidya) present commonly in the Indian states of West Bengal, Tripura, Assam & in the country of Bangladesh. Bengali Kayasthas are Hindu by religion. Kayastha is an upper caste.

Common Kayastha surnames are Basu/Bose, Ghosh, Mitra, Guha, Sen, Singha/Sinha, Dutta, Dey/Deb, Das/Dass, Kar, Dhar, Chanda/Chandra, Nag, Nandi, Palit, etc.

Kayasthas also received honourific titles during the erstwhile Mughal & British period. Common honourific titles are Majumder, Sarkar, Roy, Bakshi, Chowdhury, Dastidar, Pal/Paul, Munshi, Biswas, Mondal/Mandal, Sikder, Halder, Mallick/Mullick, Barman, Samaddar, Tarafder, Tapader etc.

Compounded Kayastha surnames include:

  • BasuRoy
  • BasuMallick
  • BasuBhowmik
  • BasuMondal
  • GhoshDastidar
  • GhoshRoy
  • GhoshHazra
  • GuhaRoy
  • GuhaMajumder
  • GuhaMallick
  • GuhaBiswas
  • MitraMajumder
  • MitraMustafi
  • MitraThakur
  • DuttaMajumder
  • DuttaMunshi
  • DuttaRoy
  • DuttaChowdhuri
  • DuttaBarman
  • DeySarkar/DebSarkar
  • DeyBiswas/DebBiswas
  • DebRoy
  • DebChowdhury
  • DeyTarafder
  • DeyKirty
  • DeySikder/DebSikder
  • DeyMajumder
  • DeyNeogi
  • DeyBakshi
  • DebBarman
  • DasSikder
  • DasRoy
  • DasChowdhury
  • DasThakur
  • DasBakshi
  • DasMunshi
  • SinghaRoy/SinhaRoy
  • SinhaChowdhury
  • RoyChowdhury
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