Bangali (caste)

Bangali
Regions with significant populations
 India
Uttar Pradesh38,035[1]
Uttarakhand22,015[2]
Hariyana4,727[3]
Punjab4,690[4]
Himachal Pradesh4,294[5]
Languages
Hindi, Punjabi, Urdu and Haryanvi and Nepali
Religion
Hinduism, Sunni Islam, Sikhism
Related ethnic groups
Sansi, Sapera, Kanjar

The Bangali may refer to a Scheduled Caste found in northern India.[6][7] They are distinct from the Bengali ethnic group of West Bengal and Bangladesh. The Bangali are one of the many nomadic groupings found in India, and have customs similar to other nomadic communities such as the Kanjar.[8][6]

  1. ^ "A-10 Appendix: District wise scheduled caste population (Appendix), Uttar Pradesh - 2011". Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India.
  2. ^ "A-10 Appendix: District wise scheduled caste population (Appendix), Uttarakhand - 2011". Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India.
  3. ^ "A-10 Appendix: District wise scheduled caste population (Appendix), Haryana - 2011". Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India.
  4. ^ "A-10 Appendix: District wise scheduled caste population (Appendix), Punjab - 2011". Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India.
  5. ^ "A-10 Appendix: District wise scheduled caste population (Appendix), Himachal Pradesh - 2011". Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India.
  6. ^ a b People of India Punjab Volume XXXVII edited by I.J.S Bansal and Swaran Singh pages 66 to 70 Manohar Publications
  7. ^ Das, K. C. (2007). Global Encyclopaedia of the North Indian Dalits Ethnography (2 Vols. Set). Global Vision Publishing House. pp. 67–72. ISBN 978-81-8220-238-2.
  8. ^ People of India Uttar Pradesh Volume XLII Part One edited by A Hasan & J C Das pages 164 to 167 Manohar Publications