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Kori (caste)

The Kori, or Koree is a subgroup of Koli caste of India.[1][2]

Kori
Koree
JātiKoli
ClassificationScheduled Caste
Gotra
ReligionsHindu
Languages
Country India
Populated states
EthnicityKoli
Population2,293,937 (in Uttar Pradesh)[3]
Subdivisions
StatusSubgroup of Koli caste
Reservation (Education)Yes
Reservation (Employment)Yes
Reservation (Other)Yes

Koris are weaver by profession but they suffered a lot by industrialization of weaving machines.[4]

Subcastes

Here are some subcastes of Kori:[5]

Clans

Here are clans of Kori:[5][6]

History

Harold Gould noted in his research of the jajmani system in Uttar Pradesh that by the 1960s, all of the Koris in the villages studied by him had adopted roles as agriculturist, ploughmen, midwifery, because industrialisation had made their traditional occupation as weavers redundant.[7]

Classification

The Koris are classified as a Scheduled Caste by government of Haryana,[8] Uttar Pradesh,[9] Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh,[10] Delhi and Punjab.

Organisations

The Kori's traditional caste councils, plans and implements welfare activities and also settles disputes. Imposition of cash fine is a form of punishment inflicted by the council.[11]

  • Sanyukta Kori Mahasabha (1950)[12]
  • Nagar Kori Samaj (1972)[13]
  • Chhatri Kori Samaj[11]

References

  1. ↑ Molund, Stefan. First We are People--: The Koris of Kanpur Between Caste and Class (in en) (1988)Department of Social Anthropology, University of Stockholm. ISBN 978-91-7146-701-0.
  2. ↑ "गुजरात और उत्तर प्रदेश की राजनीति कैसे अलग है?" (in hi). BBC News हिंदी. https://www.bbc.com/hindi/india-42386072. Retrieved 2022-09-13. 
  3. ↑ A-10 Individual Scheduled Caste Primary Census Abstract Data and its Appendix - Uttar PradeshRegistrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 2017-02-06.
  4. ↑ Chandel, M. P. S.. Democratic Transformation of a Social Class (in en) (1991). New Delhi, India: Mittal Publications. p. 49. ISBN 978-81-7099-314-8.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Narayan, Badri. Women Heroes and Dalit Assertion in North India: Culture, Identity and Politics (in en) (2006). New Delhi, India: SAGE Publications India. p. 119. ISBN 978-81-321-0280-9.
  6. ↑ People of India: India's communities (in en) (1998)Oxford University Press. p. 823: The Kori are divided into six clans, namely Rathor, Dador, Sohnr, Goel, Chetak and Sholanki. Cross-cousin marriages, levirate and sororate are permitted. The. ISBN 978-0-19-563354-2.
  7. ↑ Gould, Harold A.. A Jajmani System of North India: Its Structure, Magnitude, and Meaning. Ethnology 3 (1) (January 1964). p. 12–41. doi:10.2307/4617554.
  8. ↑ List of Scheduled Castes | Welfare of Scheduled Caste & Backward Classes Department, Government of Haryana. haryanascbc.gov.in. Retrieved 2022-09-13.
  9. ↑ Feb 19, Ashish Tripathi / TNN /. UP government has clarified that kori caste is considered as scheduled caste and certificates are being issued to the people belonging to the particular caste. The government spokesman denied allegation of oposition parties that koris have been dropped from the list of scheduled castes. - Times of India (in en). The Times of India. Retrieved 2022-09-13.
  10. ↑ List of Scheduled Castes (2018-06-19). Retrieved 2022-09-13.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Chanchreek, K. L.. Sant Kabir: life and philosophy (in en) (2007). New Delhi, India: Shree Publications. p. 190. ISBN 978-81-8329-161-3.
  12. ↑ Molund 1988, pp. 202.
  13. ↑ Molund 1988, pp. 244.
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