Chamar

This article is about the Indian caste. For the mountain in Nepal, see Chamar (mountain).

Chamar
Leather-bottle makers (Presumably members of the 'Chamaar' caste), Tashrih al-aqvam (1825)
Regions with significant populations
India • Pakistan
Languages
Hindi • Punjabi
Religion
Hinduism • Islam • Sikhism • Ravidassia religion • Christianity
Related ethnic groups
Jatav • Ramdasia • Ravidassia • Raigar[1] • Chambhar • Dhusia • Madiga • Ad-Dharmi • Ahirwar

Chamar (or Jatav)[2] is a community classified as a Scheduled Caste under modern India's system of affirmative action that originated from the group of trade persons who were involved in leather tanning and shoemaking.[3] They are found throughout the Indian subcontinent, mainly in the northern states of India and in Pakistan and Nepal.

  1. ^ "List of Scheduled Castes" (PDF). Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment. p. 18. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  2. ^ Dr V.Vasanthi Devi (2021). A Crusade for Social Justice. South Vision Books. p. 253.
  3. ^ Rawat, Ramnarayan S. (23 March 2011). Reconsidering Untouchability: Chamars and Dalit History in North India. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-22262-6. Retrieved 21 September 2024.