They are in reality Korkus, the name being a corruption of that of the Bendoya subtribe, but they have discarded their proper tribal name and formed a separate caste.

They retain some of the Korku sept names, while others are derived from the Marathi words or from the names of other castes, and these facts indicate that the Bopchis are of mixed descent from Korkus and other low Maratha castes with which unions have taken place.

As might be expected, they are very tolerant of sexual and social offences, and do not expel a woman who has a _liaison_ with a man of another caste or takes food from him.

She is readmitted to caste intercourse, but has to undergo the penalty of washing her body with cowdung and having a lock of her hair cut off.

A man committing a similar offence has his upper lip shaved.