| Regions with significant populations | |
|---|---|
| India | |
| Bihar | 2,85,485[1] |
| Jharkhand | 196,320[2] |
| West Bengal | 1,12,184[3] |
| Assam | 15,213 (1951 est.)[4] |
| Odisha | 3,517[5] |
 Bangladesh | 2,327 (2022)[6] |
| Languages | |
| Magahi language Regional languages (Hindi, Khortha, Kurmali, Bengali, Odia) | |
| Religion | |
| Hinduism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Bhuiya/Bhuyan, Bathuri | |
Rajwars or Rajuar (also spelt as Rajuala, Rajuad) is a shifting cultivation community.[7][8] The people of this community mainly live in Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha and West Bengal. In Odisha, they are recognized as a Scheduled Tribe, while in Bihar, Jharkhand, and West Bengal, they are classified as Scheduled Caste.[9][10] In other states, the community is considered part of the Other Backward Classes (OBC) or general population.[11][12][13][14]
- ^ "A-10 Appendix: District wise scheduled caste population (Appendix), Bihar". Census commission of India. 2011.
- ^ "A-10 Appendix: District wise scheduled caste population (Appendix), Jharkhand". Census commission of India. 2011.
- ^ "A-10 Appendix: District wise scheduled caste population (Appendix), West Bengal". Census commission of India. 2011.
- ^ "Estimated Population by Castes, 5. Assam – Census 1951" (PDF). Office of the Registrar General, India. 1954. p. 15.
- ^ "A-11 Appendix: District wise scheduled tribe population (Appendix), Odisha". Census commission of India. 2011.
- ^ Population and Housing Census 2022 – Preliminary Report (PDF) (Report). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. August 2022. pp. 33–34. ISBN 978-984-352-977-0. OCLC 1378729652. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 July 2024.
- ^ Ota 2016.
- ^ Laeequddin, Muhammad (1937). Census of Mayurbhanj State 1931. Vol. I. Calcutta. p. 163. JSTOR saoa.crl.25352830. OCLC 496724918.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Bhattacharya, Birendra KUMAR (1985). West Bengal district Gazetteers, Purulia. State Editor, West Bengal Districts Gazetteers. pp. 141–142.
- ^ Mandal, Debabrata (2006). "Agrarian System of Rajuar Tribe of Mayurbhanj District Orissa". In Sahu, Chaturbhuj (ed.). Aspects of Tribal Studies. New Delhi: Sarop & Sons. pp. 69–87. ISBN 8176256188. OCLC 255614228.
- ^ Singh, Kumar Suresh (1992). People of India: Odisha (2 pts.). Anthropological Survey of India. p. 1275. ISBN 978-81-7046-294-1.
- ^ Ota, A. B.; Kodamasingh, Anjana; Kanhar, Nilamadhaba (2016). Rajuar. Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes Research and Training Institute. ISBN 978-93-80705-52-1.
- ^ Division, India Census (1961). India. Office of the Registrar General. p. 1078.
- ^ Panda, Nishakar (2006). Policies, Programmes, and Strategies for Tribal Development: A Critical Appraisal. Gyan Publishing House. p. 124. ISBN 978-81-7835-491-0.