A subcaste of Jat.

One of the 72 1/2 sections of Maheshri Banias.

People belonging to the Badhak or Bawaria, and Pardhi castes are sometimes known by this name.
_Bahargainyan_ .-- (From _Bahar gaon_, outside the village.) A subcaste of Kurmi.
_Baharketu_ .-- (Bush-cutter.) A subcaste of Korwa.
_Bahelia_ .-- The caste of fowlers and hunters in northern India.

In the Central Provinces the Bahelias are not to be distinguished from the Pardhis, as they have the same set of exogamous groups named after the Rajput clans, and resemble them in all other respects.

The word Bahelia is derived from the Sanskrit Vyadha, 'one who pierces or wounds,' hence a hunter.