Kisan
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Kisan
Synonyms: Nagesia, Nageswar [Bihar and/or Jharkhand] Birhor, Kola, Kuda [Orissa] Groups/subgroups: Dhuria, Sinduria, Telia [Bihar and/or Jharkhand] Kol, Oraon [Orissa] Agaria Kisan, Dehria Kisan, Sindria Kisan, Telia Ki san [West Bengal]
- Subcastes: Batham, Gadhara, Hardiya, Jariya, Khagi, Lodha, Patariya or Patarika, Saksena [W. Crooke]
Titles: Konhar [Orissa] Surnames: Das, Dhari, Kisan, Nagesia, Prasad, Ram, Singh [Bihar and/or Jharkhand] Bhoi, Das, Kisan, Mahapatra, Mahapatro [Orissa] Kisan, Nagesia [West Bengal] Exogamous units/clans: Nagesia (snake god) [Bihar and/or Jharkhand] Exogamous units/clans (bansa): Eka, Kujur, Lakada, Majhi, Minj Kisan, Topo [West Bengal] Exogamous units/lineages (bansha): [Orissa]