Affinity Bloc: South Asian Peoples

Overview: The Kahar are distributed in a number of north Indian states like Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Rajasthan and West Bengal. In Tripura they are a scheduled caste. The Kahar have abandoned their traditional occupation of carrying palanquins and are now mostly employed in small-scale businesses, such as runningrestaurants, cloth, medicine and betel shops, and fruit and egg stalls. Some of them are engaged in salaried jobs both in private and government sectors.

  K. S. Singh, People of India, Volume V. India's Communities H-M. Delhi: Oxford University Press (1998), pp. 1443-1449

Peoples within this cluster: Kahar; Kahar, Bengali; Kahar, Bhojpuri; Kahar, Gujarati; Kahar, Magahi; Kahar, Shekhawati

Countries where they are found: India; Nepal