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The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India--Volume I (of IV)

PART I
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These also now generally take rank according to their occupation and position in the world.

The Vidurs served as village accountants and ranked below the cultivators, but since they are well educated and have done well in Government service their status is rapidly improving.

The Bhilalas are landholders and rank as a good cultivating caste.

The Chauhans and Khangars are village watchmen and rank as menials below the cultivators, the Dhakars are farmservants and labourers with a similar position, while the Audhelias are labourers who keep pigs and are hence regarded as impure.

The Halbas or 'ploughmen' are another mixed caste, probably the descendants of house-servants of the Uriya Rajas, who, like the Khandaits, formed a sort of militia for the maintenance of the chiefs authority.


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