Khati Explained
Khati is a Hindu sub-caste of Vishwakarma community which mainly resides in the northern Indian states of Rajasthan,[1] Haryana,[2] Punjab[3] and the National Capital Region-Delhi.[4] Apart from Khati, they are also addressed as Jangid, Jangra-Brahmin[5] [6] and are classified as an Other Backward Class caste in the central list of National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC).
In Marwar, a carpenter is called a "Khati". It seems that the word Khati has been derived from the word Kath (काठ). Kath means wood and Khati's are engaged in the business of making wooden articles as carpenter. A Khati is the same person who is called a Badai (बढ़ई) in the North West and Tarkhan in Punjab. In Gorwar district, he is called Sutar and in Jalore district, his name is Vinayak.[7]
The people of Khati caste believe that they originated from Vishwakarma and respect their oaths very much.
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Social Justice and Empowerment Department, Government of Rajasthan . List of Caste OBC . 2024-10-26 . sje.rajasthan.gov.in.
- Book: Michael Levien . Dispossession Without Development . 5 March 2018 . OUP . 67. 978-0-19-085917-6 .
- Department of School Education-Punjab. Castes under BC/OBC http://download.ssapunjab.org/sub/instructions/2017/April/SubcastesunderOBC.pdf
- Web site: Commission for OBC, Government of NCT of Delhi . Lists of castes declared as OBC in the act of Delhi . 2024-10-26 . obc.delhi.gov.in.
- Book: S. K. Chandhoke . Nature and Structure of Rural Habitations . Concept Publishing Company . 1990 . 978-81-7022-253-8 . 98–99.
- Book: Paramjit S. Judge. Mapping Social Exclusion in India: Caste, Religion and Borderlands. 13 March 2014. Cambridge University Press. 978-1-107-05609-1. 202–203.
- Book: Bajrang Lal Lohiya . Rajasthan Ki Jatiya . 1954 . Bajranglal Lohiya . Kolkata . 178–179 . hi.
