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color:inherit;">Regions with significant populations</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>, <span class="flagicon"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Flag_of_Nepal.svg/16px-Flag_of_Nepal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Flag_of_Nepal.svg/25px-Flag_of_Nepal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Flag_of_Nepal.svg/33px-Flag_of_Nepal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="726" data-file-height="885" /></span></span>   </span><a href="/wiki/Nepal" title="Nepal">Nepal</a>, <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#b0c4de; color:inherit;">Languages</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/Hindi" title="Hindi">Hindi</a> • <a href="/wiki/Bhojpuri_language" title="Bhojpuri language">Bhojpuri</a> • <a href="/wiki/Odia_language" title="Odia language">Odia</a><sup id="cite_ref-Mohanty2003_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mohanty2003-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#b0c4de; color:inherit;">Religion</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Judaism" title="Judaism">Judaism</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Teli</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Caste" title="Caste">caste</a> traditionally occupied in the <a href="/wiki/Expeller_pressing" title="Expeller pressing">oil pressing and trade</a> in India, Nepal, and Pakistan. Members may be either Hindu or Muslim; <a href="/wiki/Muslim_Teli" title="Muslim Teli">Muslim Teli</a> are called <a href="/wiki/Roshandaar" class="mw-redirect" title="Roshandaar">Roshandaar</a> or Teli Malik.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India's</a> Prime minister <a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi</a> is from Teli 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><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><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><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>.They are included in OBC category list by the Central government<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>but the higher sub castes within Teli such as <b>Telik Vaishya</b><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> and Tili are considered as <a href="/wiki/Forward_caste" title="Forward caste">Forward castes</a>.<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><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><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> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Early_Middle_Ages" title="Early Middle Ages">Early Mediaeval period</a> in some parts of <a href="/wiki/South_India" title="South India">South India</a>, the Teli community used to work on their own oil presses to produce oil to be supplied to the temples. The emergence of "<a href="/wiki/Temple" title="Temple">Temple</a> towns" in various parts of south India was instrumental in the improvement of social status of some of the communities that were associated with the supply of essential items for cultural activities. The communities like <i>Malakar</i> (garland makers) and <i>Telikars</i> (oil pressers) thus became important for the functioning of such towns. Some of them even became prosperous enough to make donations to the temples.<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><p>In the first decade of the 20th century, upward mobilisation became the feature of Indian society when lower castes tried to move up in the socio-economic ladder by assuming the names and practices of "upper castes". Professor <a href="/wiki/M._N._Srinivas" title="M. N. Srinivas">M. N. Srinivas</a> notes the attempts of Teli community to claim different surnames in different censuses in a bid to improve their position in <i><a href="/wiki/Varna_(Hinduism)" title="Varna (Hinduism)">Varna</a></i> system and <i><a href="/wiki/Caste" title="Caste">Caste</a></i> hierarchy. In 1911, the Teli community adopted the <a href="/wiki/Surname" title="Surname">surname</a>, Rathore and started calling themselves <i><a href="/wiki/Rathore_(Rajput_clan)" title="Rathore (Rajput clan)">Rathore</a> Teli</i>; while in 1931 they claimed themselves to be <i>Rathore-<a href="/wiki/Vaishya" title="Vaishya">Vaishya</a></i>. According to Shankaragouda Hanamantagouda Patil, this was done in order to climb the social ladder. Such practices were common amongst the lower castes in India.<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> The <a href="/wiki/Arya_Samaj" title="Arya Samaj">Arya Samaj</a> movement also attempted to improve the status of lower castes. As in the case of Telis, Shri Satyavrat Sharma Dwivedi an Arya Samajist from <a href="/wiki/Farrukhabad" title="Farrukhabad">Farrukhabad</a> published a magazine "<i>Telivarna Prakash</i>" to prove the Teli caste to be of <i><a href="/wiki/Vaishya" title="Vaishya">Vaishya</a></i> varna.<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><p>Despite the later attempts to claim higher status Teli were initially considered as <a href="/wiki/Shudra" title="Shudra">Shudra</a> and were thought to be lower in status. According to <a href="/wiki/Anand_Yang" title="Anand Yang">Anand Yang</a>, the Telis worked with <a href="/wiki/Beast_of_burden" class="mw-redirect" title="Beast of burden">beast of burden</a> in the oil pressers and for the purpose of obtaining the desired results from the animals, they were often blinded. This made them ritually impure but later many of them as Yang notes took up the occupation of trading and branched off as <a href="/wiki/Bania_(caste)" title="Bania (caste)">Bania</a> in order to conceal the impurity of their origin.<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> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Subdivisions">Subdivisions</h2></div> <p>The Telis of Bengal share their social position with communities like <a href="/wiki/Suvarna_Banik" title="Suvarna Banik">Suvarna Banik</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gandhabanik" title="Gandhabanik">Gandhabanik</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saha_(surname)" title="Saha (surname)">Saha</a>.<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> Further, the Ghanchi community of <a href="/wiki/Gujarat" title="Gujarat">Gujarat</a> have been described as a "counterpart" of the Telis.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Politics">Politics</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bihar">Bihar</h3></div> <p>In the post <a href="/wiki/Mandal_Commission" title="Mandal Commission">Mandal</a> phase the growing differences between upper castes and <a href="/wiki/Other_Backward_Class" title="Other Backward Class">OBC</a> due to tussle between the two groups over political power culminated into replacement of upper castes by the OBCs in the political circle. The Telis along with <a href="/wiki/Yadav" title="Yadav">Yadav</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kurmi" title="Kurmi">Kurmi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Koeri" title="Koeri">Koeri</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bania_(caste)" title="Bania (caste)">Bania</a> took over the erstwhile political elites namely <a href="/wiki/Brahmin" title="Brahmin">Brahmin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bhumihar" title="Bhumihar">Bhumihar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rajput" title="Rajput">Rajput</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kayastha" title="Kayastha">Kayastha</a>.The OBCs in Bihar are divided into upper and lower OBC on the basis of socio-economic mobility and political representation. The trio of Yadav, Kurmi and Koeri are considered as upper OBC; Teli along with Kanu, <a href="/wiki/Dhanuk" title="Dhanuk">Dhanuk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kahar" title="Kahar">Kahar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kumhar" title="Kumhar">Kumhar</a> and others are classified as lower OBC.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the late 2000s, some among the Teli community of <a href="/wiki/Bihar" title="Bihar">Bihar</a>, organised by the Teli Sena, were engaging in <a href="/wiki/Vote_bank" class="mw-redirect" title="Vote bank">vote bank</a> politics as they sought to achieve categorisation as a Most Backward Class in the state. Initially, they had failed to achieve this repositioning in India's official <a href="/wiki/Positive_discrimination" class="mw-redirect" title="Positive discrimination">positive discrimination</a> scheme,<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with opposition coming from other groups who considered the Teli to be too populous and socio-economically influential to justify the change.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In April 2015, Bihar chief Minister <a href="/wiki/Nitish_Kumar" title="Nitish Kumar">Nitish Kumar</a> announced a decision to include the Teli caste in the list of Extremely Backward Class in Bihar.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As per the report of <a href="/wiki/Bihar_caste-based_survey_2022" class="mw-redirect" title="Bihar caste-based survey 2022">Bihar caste-based survey 2022</a>, the population of Teli in Bihar is 2.81%.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Jharkhand">Jharkhand</h3></div> <p>In 2018 the <a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> led government in Jharkhand tried to include castes like Teli and <a href="/wiki/Kurmi" title="Kurmi">Kurmi</a> in the category of <a href="/wiki/Scheduled_Tribes" class="mw-redirect" title="Scheduled Tribes">Scheduled Tribes</a>, which was welcomed by protests from tribals of Jharkhand under the banner of <i>Jai Adivasi Yuvashakti</i> (JAY) a local organisation which organised "Adivasi Akrosh Maharally", a gathering of all principal tribal groups of the state to protest against the same.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Maharashta">Maharashta</h3></div> <p>Teli form as a major caste in Vidarbha. They are found in every district of Maharashtra. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chhattisgarh">Chhattisgarh</h3></div> <p>Teli are known as Sahu in Chhattisgarh. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Telis_in_Nepal">Telis 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 Teli 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-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<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>, 369,688 people (1.4% of the population of Nepal) were Teli. The frequency of Telis by province was as follows: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Madhesh_Province" title="Madhesh Province">Madhesh Province</a> (5.1%)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koshi_Province" title="Koshi Province">Koshi Province</a> (0.9%)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lumbini_Province" title="Lumbini Province">Lumbini Province</a> (0.9%)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bagmati_Province" title="Bagmati Province">Bagmati Province</a> (0.2%)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gandaki_Province" title="Gandaki Province">Gandaki Province</a> (0.1%)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karnali_Province" title="Karnali Province">Karnali Province</a> (0.0%)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sudurpashchim_Province" title="Sudurpashchim Province">Sudurpashchim Province</a> (0.0%)</li></ul> <p>The frequency of Telis was higher than national average (1.4%) in the following districts:<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Saptari_District" title="Saptari District">Saptari</a> (7.3%)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rautahat_District" title="Rautahat District">Rautahat</a> (5.6%)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarlahi_District" title="Sarlahi District">Sarlahi</a> (5.4%)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhanusha_District" title="Dhanusha District">Dhanusha</a> (5.2%)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siraha_District" title="Siraha District">Siraha</a> (4.8%)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parsa_District" title="Parsa District">Parsa</a> (4.2%)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bara_District" title="Bara District">Bara</a> (4.1%)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahottari_District" title="Mahottari District">Mahottari</a> (4.1%)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parasi_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Parasi District">Parasi</a> (3.3%)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunsari_District" title="Sunsari District">Sunsari</a> (2.3%)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kapilvastu_District" title="Kapilvastu District">Kapilvastu</a> (1.9%)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morang_District" title="Morang District">Morang</a> (1.6%)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Other_Backward_Class" title="Other Backward Class">Other Backward Class</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghanchi_(Muslim)" title="Ghanchi (Muslim)">Ghanchi (Muslim)</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output 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Scandinavian University Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9788200215073" title="Special:BookSources/9788200215073"><bdi>9788200215073</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Karchana%3A+lifeworld-ethnography+of+an+Indian+village&rft.pub=Scandinavian+University+Press&rft.date=1995&rft.isbn=9788200215073&rft.aulast=Jaer&rft.aufirst=%C3%98yvind&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DHSESAQAAIAAJ%26q%3Dteli%2Bvaishya&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATeli" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFKhanna2002" class="citation book cs1">Khanna, L. M. 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Aravali Books International. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9788186880920" title="Special:BookSources/9788186880920"><bdi>9788186880920</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Incredible+story+of+social+justice+in+India&rft.pub=Aravali+Books+International&rft.date=2002&rft.isbn=9788186880920&rft.aulast=Khanna&rft.aufirst=L.+M.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DwqfZAAAAMAAJ%26q%3Dteli%2Bshudra&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATeli" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFBendixLipset" class="citation book cs1">Bendix, Reinhard; Lipset, Seymour Martin. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=kVUVAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA29"><i>Class, Status, and Power: Social Stratification in Comparative Perspective</i></a>. 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