| Pateliya Koli | |
|---|---|
| Patelia Koli | |
 Koli population in 1931 in Gujarat including Patelia Kolis | |
| Abbreviation | PK |
| Jāti | Koli |
| Classification | Other Backward Class |
| Religions | Hinduism |
| Languages | |
| Country |  India |
| Original state | Gujarat |
| Ethnicity | Koli people |
| Status | Subcaste of Koli caste |
| Reservation (Education) | Yes |
| Reservation (Employment) | Yes |
| Reservation (Other) | Yes |
The Pateliya, or Patelia[1] or Patel is a landowning Subcaste of Koli caste found in the Indian states of Gujarat.[2] During the British Raj in India, Patelia Kolis served as tax collectors and administrators. The name Patelia comes from a word meaning village chief.[3] Many Patelia Kolis also went into business and commerce during the Raj period. Patelia Kolis are part of Talapada Kolis of Gujarat.[4]
- ^ Tambs-Lyche, Harald (31 December 1996). Power, Profit, and Poetry: Traditional Society in Kathiawar, Western India. New Delhi, India: Manohar Publishers & Distributors. p. 130. ISBN 978-81-7304-176-1.
The highest Koli families in the social sense prohibited widow remarriage in imitation of the Rajputs, and the same is true of the Khant Koli and Baria Kolis of the North and of the Patelias or Patelia Kolis of the Panch Mahals and the Rewa Kantha. These high caste Kolis never give their daughters to the lower Kolis such as Pagis, Kotwads and Patanwadias
- ^ Jain, Jyotindra; Gujarat, Shreyas Folk Museum of (1980). Folk Art and Culture of Gujarat: Guide to the Collection of the Shreyas Folk Museum of Gujarat. New Delhi: Shreyas Prakashan. p. 133.
The Khant Koli and Baria Koli of North Gujarat, the Patelia Koli of Panch Mahals and Reva Kantha have raised their status through such marriages and consider themselves superior
- ^ Shah, Ghanshyam (1975). Caste Association and Political Process in Gujarat: A Study of Gujarat Kshatriya Sabha. New Delhi, India: Popular Prakashan. p. 13.
- ^ Lobo, Lancy (1995). The Thakors of North Gujarat: A Caste in the Village and the Region. New Delhi: Hindustan Publishing Corporation. p. 163. ISBN 978-81-7075-035-2.
[I]mmigrant Kolis (Pardeshis) from an adjoining area, as in Saurashtra, the Panchmahals, and central and South Gujarat. Here the Talpadas belonging to the same division marry freely among themselves and are known by several names like Baraiya, Dharala, Khant, Kotwal, Patelia, Talpada and Thakor