Dangi people

For the Korean calendar era, see Korean calendar. For the village in Iran, see Dangi, Iran.

Dangi
Regions with significant populations
India
Bihar336,629 (0.2575% of Bihar's population)[1]
Religion
Hinduism

The Dangi are an agricultural Hindu caste native to northern India. Their traditional occupation is farming. They speak several languages, but Hindi is the most commonly understood language among them.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][page needed][9][page needed] In Bihar, Dangi are a sub-caste of the upwardly mobile Koeri caste.[10][11]

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