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populations</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/South_Asia" title="South Asia">South Asia</a></th><td class="infobox-data">~55–60 million (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 2009/10</span>)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#b0c4de;">Languages</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/Hindi_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindi language">Hindi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sindhi_language" title="Sindhi language">Sindhi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rajasthani_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Rajasthani language">Rajasthani</a>, <a href="/wiki/Haryanvi_language" title="Haryanvi language">Haryanvi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Awadhi_language" title="Awadhi language">Awadhi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gujarati_language" title="Gujarati language">Gujarati</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marathi_language" title="Marathi language">Marathi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nagpuri_language" title="Nagpuri language">Nagpuri</a>, <a href="/wiki/Odia_language" title="Odia language">Odia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Punjabi_language" title="Punjabi language">Punjabi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Urdu_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Urdu language">Urdu</a>,<a href="/wiki/Nepali_language" title="Nepali language">Nepali</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#b0c4de;">Religion</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol 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(";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Sikhism" title="Sikhism">Sikhism</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhism</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#b0c4de;">Related ethnic groups</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lohar_(caste)" title="Lohar (caste)">Lohar</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Khati" title="Khati">Khati</a></li></ul></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Kumhar</b> or <b>Kumbhar</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Indian_caste_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian caste system">caste</a> or community in <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nepal" title="Nepal">Nepal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bangladesh" title="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a>. Kumhars have historically been associated with the art of pottery.<sup id="cite_ref-Saraswati1_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Saraswati1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2></div> <p>The Kumhars derive their name from the <a href="/wiki/Sanskrit" title="Sanskrit">Sanskrit</a> word <i>Kumbhakar</i> meaning earthen-pot maker.<sup id="cite_ref-K._S._Singh_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-K._S._Singh-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dravidian languages conform to the same meaning of the term <i>Kumbhakar</i>. The term <i>Bhande</i>, used to designate the Kumhar caste, also means pot. The potters of <a href="/wiki/Amritsar" title="Amritsar">Amritsar</a> are called <i>Kulal</i> or <i>Kalal</i>, the term used in <a href="/wiki/Yajurveda" title="Yajurveda">Yajurveda</a> to denote the potter class.<sup id="cite_ref-Saraswati1_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Saraswati1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Mythological_origin">Mythological origin</h2></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kumhar.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Kumhar.jpg/220px-Kumhar.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Kumhar.jpg/330px-Kumhar.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Kumhar.jpg/440px-Kumhar.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1536" data-file-height="2048" /></a><figcaption>Depiction of a Kumhar.</figcaption></figure> <p>A section of Hindu Kumhars honorifically call themselves <i>Prajapati</i> after Vedic Prajapati, the Lord, who created the universe.<sup id="cite_ref-Saraswati1_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Saraswati1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p> According to a legend prevalent among Kumhars <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style></p><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Once <a href="/wiki/Brahma" title="Brahma">Brahma</a> divided sugarcane among his sons and each of them ate his share, but the Kumhara who was greatly absorbed in his work, forgot to eat. The piece which he had kept near his clay lump struck root and soon grew into a sugarcane plant. A few days later, when Brahma asked his sons for sugarcane, none of them could give it to him, excepting the Kumhara who offered a full plant. Brahma was pleased by the devotion of the potter to his work and awarded him the title <i>Prajapati</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Saraswati1_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Saraswati1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>There is an opinion that this is because of their traditional creative skills of pottery, they are regarded as <i>Prajapati</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Ke._Āra_Bhāratī_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ke._Āra_Bhāratī-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Divisions">Divisions</h2></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Portrait_of_two_unknown_Kumhar_potters_from_Lahore,_ca.1859%E2%80%9369.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Portrait_of_two_unknown_Kumhar_potters_from_Lahore%2C_ca.1859%E2%80%9369.png/220px-Portrait_of_two_unknown_Kumhar_potters_from_Lahore%2C_ca.1859%E2%80%9369.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="295" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Portrait_of_two_unknown_Kumhar_potters_from_Lahore%2C_ca.1859%E2%80%9369.png/330px-Portrait_of_two_unknown_Kumhar_potters_from_Lahore%2C_ca.1859%E2%80%9369.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Portrait_of_two_unknown_Kumhar_potters_from_Lahore%2C_ca.1859%E2%80%9369.png/440px-Portrait_of_two_unknown_Kumhar_potters_from_Lahore%2C_ca.1859%E2%80%9369.png 2x" data-file-width="4924" data-file-height="6600" /></a><figcaption>Portrait of two unknown Kumhar potters from Lahore, ca.1859–69</figcaption></figure> <p>The potters are classified into Hindu and Muslim cultural groups.<sup id="cite_ref-Saraswati1_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Saraswati1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Among Hindus, inclusion of artisan castes, such as potters, in the <a href="/wiki/Shudra" title="Shudra">Shudra</a> <a href="/wiki/Varna_(Hinduism)" title="Varna (Hinduism)">varna</a> is indisputable. They are further divided into two groups-clean caste and unclean caste.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Among the Kumhars are groups such as the Gujrati Kumhar, Kurali ke Kumhar, Lad, Haral and Telangi. They all, bear these names after different cultural linguistic zones or caste groups but are termed as one caste cluster.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Distribution_in_India">Distribution in India</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Punjab">Punjab</h3></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Punjab,_India" title="Punjab, India">Punjab</a>, Kumhars (also called <a href="/wiki/Prajapati" title="Prajapati">Prajapat</a>) belongs to Hinduism & Sikhism. In ancient times pottery being their occupation. But many hundred years ago, they shifted to <a href="/wiki/Agriculture" title="Agriculture">Farming</a> occupation. Most of them have their own land. They are considered as a decent caste in <a href="/wiki/Punjab,_India" title="Punjab, India">Punjab</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They follow endogamy with clan exogamy.<sup id="cite_ref-K._S._Singh_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-K._S._Singh-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Jharkhand">Jharkhand</h3></div> <p>The number of Kumhars speaking Bengali language here is more than other Kumhars. The sub-castes of Kumhars found here are- Khuntakati Kumhars and Prajapati Kumhars. Khuntkati Kumhars are the original inhabitants of this place and their popular surnames are - Pal, Bhagat, Kumbhar, Bera, Pradhan and <a href="/wiki/Chaudhary" class="mw-redirect" title="Chaudhary">Chaudhary</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chamba_(Himanchal)"><span id="Chamba_.28Himanchal.29"></span>Chamba (Himanchal)</h3></div> <p>The Kumhars of Chamba are expert in making pitchers, Surahis, vessels, grain jars, toys for entertainment and earthen lamps. Some of these pots bear paintings and designs also.<sup id="cite_ref-Ke._Āra_Bhāratī_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ke._Āra_Bhāratī-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Maharashtra_(Marathe)"><span id="Maharashtra_.28Marathe.29"></span>Maharashtra (Marathe)</h3></div> <p>Kumhars are found in <a href="/wiki/Satara_district" title="Satara district">Satara</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sangli" title="Sangli">Sangli</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kolhapur" title="Kolhapur">Kolhapur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sholapur" class="mw-redirect" title="Sholapur">Sholapur</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pune" title="Pune">Pune</a>. Their language is <a href="/wiki/Marathi_language" title="Marathi language">Marathi</a>. They use <a href="/wiki/Devnagari" class="mw-redirect" title="Devnagari">Devnagari</a> script for communication.<sup id="cite_ref-B._V._Bhanu_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-B._V._Bhanu-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are Kumbhars who do not belong to Maratha clan lives in Maharashtra and have occupation of making idols and pots.<sup id="cite_ref-Saraswati1_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Saraswati1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-B._V._Bhanu_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-B._V._Bhanu-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Madhya_Pradesh">Madhya Pradesh</h3></div> <p>Hathretie and Chakretie (or Challakad) Kumhars are found in <a href="/wiki/Madhya_Pradesh" title="Madhya Pradesh">Madhya Pradesh</a>. Hathretie Kumhars are called so because they traditionally moved the "chak" (potter's wheel) by hands ("hath"). Gola is a common surname among Kumhars in Madhya Pradesh.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="please can we have a translation (February 2018)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup> They are listed among Other Backward Classes in the state.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rajasthan">Rajasthan</h3></div> <p>In Rajasthan, Kumhars (also known as Prajapat) have six sub-groups namely Mathera, Kheteri, Marwara, Timria and Mawalia. In the social hierarchy of Rajasthan, they are placed in the middle of the higher castes and the <a href="/wiki/Harijan" class="mw-redirect" title="Harijan">Harijans</a>. They follow endogamy with clan exogamy.<sup id="cite_ref-K._S._Singh_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-K._S._Singh-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The National Commission for Backward Classes has kept both the Kumhar and <a href="/wiki/Kumawat" title="Kumawat">Kumawat</a> castes separately but together in the same row in the Central List of <a href="/wiki/Other_Backward_Class" title="Other Backward Class">Other Backward Classes</a> of the state of Rajasthan.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Odisha_and_Bengal">Odisha and Bengal</h3></div> <p>In Bengal Kumhars are one among the ceremonially pure castes. In Odisha they are two types (Odia Kumbhar and Jhadua Kumbhar) who provide vessels for the rice distribution to Jagannath temple.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They are belongs to <a href="/wiki/Other_Backward_Classes" class="mw-redirect" title="Other Backward Classes">Other Backward Classes</a> in the state of Odisha.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Uttar_Pradesh_and_Bihar">Uttar Pradesh and Bihar</h3></div> <p>The Kannuaja Kumhars are considered to be a decent caste in both Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. Although they sometimes use the term <i><a href="/wiki/Pandit" title="Pandit">Pandit</a></i> as their Surname. The Magahiya Kumhars are treated little inferior to the Kanaujias and the Turkaha (Gadhere).<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They belong to <a href="/wiki/Other_Backward_Class" title="Other Backward Class">other backward classes</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gujarat">Gujarat</h3></div> <p>Kumhars are listed among the Other Backward Classes of Gujarat, where they are listed with the following communities: Prajapati (Gujjar Prajapati, Varia Prajapati, Sorthia Prajapati), Sorathiya Prajapati.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Kumhars_in_Nepal">Kumhars in Nepal</h2></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Central_Bureau_of_Statistics_(Nepal)" title="Central Bureau of Statistics (Nepal)">Central Bureau of Statistics</a> of Nepal classifies the Kumhar as a subgroup within the broader social group of <a href="/wiki/Madheshi_people" title="Madheshi people">Madheshi</a> Other Caste.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the time of the <a href="/wiki/2011_Nepal_census" title="2011 Nepal census">2011 Nepal census</a>, 62,399 people (0.2% of the population of Nepal) were Kumhar. The frequency of Kumhars by province was as follows: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Madhesh_Province" title="Madhesh Province">Madhesh Province</a> (1.0%)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koshi_Province" title="Koshi Province">Koshi Province</a> (0.1%)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lumbini_Province" title="Lumbini Province">Lumbini Province</a> (0.1%)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bagmati_Province" title="Bagmati Province">Bagmati Province</a> (0.0%)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gandaki_Province" title="Gandaki Province">Gandaki Province</a> (0.0%)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sudurpashchim_Province" title="Sudurpashchim Province">Sudurpashchim Province</a> (0.0%)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karnali_Province" title="Karnali Province">Karnali Province</a> (0.0%)</li></ul> <p>The frequency of Kumhars was higher than national average (0.2%) in the following districts:<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rautahat_District" title="Rautahat District">Rautahat</a> (1.8%)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bara_District" title="Bara District">Bara</a> (1.5%)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarlahi_District" title="Sarlahi District">Sarlahi</a> (1.4%)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhanusha_District" title="Dhanusha District">Dhanusha</a> (1.0%)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saptari_District" title="Saptari District">Saptari</a> (0.9%)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahottari_District" title="Mahottari District">Mahottari</a> (0.6%)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parsa_District" title="Parsa District">Parsa</a> (0.6%)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banke_District" title="Banke District">Banke</a> (0.3%)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siraha_District" title="Siraha District">Siraha</a> (0.3%)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pottery" title="Pottery">Pottery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kumal_people" title="Kumal people">Kumal people</a></li> <li><a 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