Bihar/ Jharkhand: the main castes, communities
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Bihar And/Or Jharkhandi
Groups/subgroups: Bajjika, Bania, Bhojpuri, Bhumihar, Brahman, Chamar, Dom, Dusad, Kayastha, Kurmi, Maghahi, Maithili, Pasi, Rajput, Teli, Yadav [Orissa] Bania, Bhojpuri, Brahman, Chamar, Dhobi, Goala, Kayastha, Lohar, Magahi, Maithili, Nagrahi, Rajput, Triwa [West Bengal] Pandit, Roybahadur, Thakur [Orissa] Surnames: Chaturbedi, Choube, Dvibedi, Pathak, Prasad, Sahu, Sharma, Shastri, Shrivastav, Sing, Sinha, Tewari, Tripathi, Upadhya [Orissa] Ahir, Bagat, Choube, Dube, Giri, Gupta, Mahato, Mishra, Misra, Pande, Prasad, Rai, Ram, Singh, Tewari, Yadav [West Bengal] Moieties (barag): Markam, Metam [Orissa] Gotra: Kashyap, Sandilya [Orissa] Gour, Goutam, Kashyap, Sandilya, Savarn [West Bengal]
