5-550: [REDACTED] Look up केवर्त in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Kaibarta or Kaivarta may refer to: Kewat or Keot, a caste of northern India Haliya or Cāsi Kaivarta, a Bengali Hindu agriculturist caste, majority later identified as Mahishya Jalia Kaibarta , a Hindu fishing caste Kaivarta revolt , 1170 rebellion in medieval India See also [ edit ] Keota (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
10-459: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Kewat The Kewat , also spelled Kevat , is a Hindu caste , found in the states of Assam , Bihar , Tripura , Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal in India. They are the traditional boatmen of northern India , and also in neighbouring country Nepal . The name "Kevata" was first appeared in
15-628: The Pillar Edict V of Emperor Ashoka . The Kewat are among the 17 OBC communities of Uttar Pradesh that have been proposed for Scheduled Caste status by the Samajwadi Party -controlled Government . However, this proposal, which relates to votebank politics and has been made in the past, has been stayed by the courts; a prior attempt was also rejected by the Government of India . Kewats are recognised as Scheduled Caste in
20-413: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Kaibarta . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kaibarta&oldid=1176664105 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
25-520: The states of Assam , West Bengal and Tripura as Keot, Keyot or Jalkeot. With a population of 937,861, Kewats constitute 0.7174% of Bihar 's population in the 2023 caste census . The Central Bureau of Statistics of Nepal classifies the Kewat as a subgroup within the broader social group of Madheshi Other Caste. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census , 153,772 people (0.6% of the population of Nepal) were Kewat. The frequency of Kewat by province
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