Bhoi

The Bhoi (also known as Bauri) is an ethnic community native to India.

The Bhoi is an untouchable community of Odisha. In the coastal areas of Odisha, the Bhoi peoples are also called as Shankhua Bauri and are traditionally Blower of conch shell(Shankha) in Hindu weddings and they are also labourers. They are classified as a Scheduled Caste in India's system of positive discrimination. Their occupation means that they are considered much more ritually pure than many other similarly-classified communities in the state, although their penurious condition means that they often resort to eating ritually impure foods, such as frogs, oysters and snails.[1]

In Gujarat, their traditional occupations include acting as palanquin-bearers, fishermen and water-carriers. They are a very low-ranked caste but not so low as to be untouchable.[2]

The Bhoi are also found in Assam, where they are a Scheduled Tribe.[3]

Notes

Mohanty, Ramesh P. (2003). Dalits Development and Change: An Empirical Study. Discovery Publishing House. p. vii. ISBN 978-8-17141-696-7.
Hockings, Paul, ed. (1987). "Untouchability, the Untouchables and Social Change in Gujarat". Dimensions of Social Life: Essays in Honor of David G. Mandelbaum. Walter de Gruyter. p. 499. ISBN 978-3-11084-685-0.
Dikshit, Kamal Ramprit; Dikshit, Jutta K. (2013). North-East India: Land, People and Economy. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 370. ISBN 978-9-40077-055-3.

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[1] Mohanty, Ramesh P. (2003). Dalits Development and Change: An Empirical Study. Discovery Publishing House. p. vii. ISBN 978-8-17141-696-7.

[2] Hockings, Paul, ed. (1987). "Untouchability, the Untouchables and Social Change in Gujarat". Dimensions of Social Life: Essays in Honor of David G. Mandelbaum. Walter de Gruyter. p. 499. ISBN 978-3-11084-685-0.

[3] Dikshit, Kamal Ramprit; Dikshit, Jutta K. (2013). North-East India: Land, People and Economy. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 370. ISBN 978-9-40077-055-3.