Affinity Bloc: South Asian Peoples

Overview: The Kurmi are a numerically large and widely distributed cultivating caste, having eleven main endogamous divisions including: Baiswar, Bardhiha, Gangapar, Gujarati, Jaiswar, Kanaujiya, Kharebind, Patariha or Patthariha, Rash, Saindiwar or Saithwar and Singraur. They are a landowning and agricultural community also involved in the domestication of cows and buffaloes.

  K. S. Singh, People of India, Volume V. India's Communities H-M. Delhi: Oxford University Press (1998), pp. 1923-1933

Peoples within this cluster: Kurmi; Kurmi (Assamese); Kurmi (Awadhi); Kurmi (Bagheli); Kurmi (Bengali); Kurmi (Bhojpuri); Kurmi (Chhattisgarhi); Kurmi (Magahi); Kurmi (Maithili); Kurmi (Odia); Kurmi (Panjabi); Kurmi Mahato

Countries where they are found: India; Nepal