Synonym of Basdewa and also subcaste of Basdewa.
_Hardas_ .-- A religious mendicant who travels about and tells stories about heroes and gods accompanied with music.

Synonym of Chitrakathi.
_Hari_ .-- (A bone-gatherer.) Synonym of Mehtar and subcaste of Mehtar.
_Haria_ .-- (_Hal_, plough.) A subcaste of Mahar.
_Harial_ .-- (Green pigeon.) A section of Ahir.
_Harshe_ .-- (Glad.) Surname of Karhara Brahmans in Saugor.
_Hatgar_ .-- Synonym of Hatkar.
_Hatghar_ .-- Subcaste of Koshti.
_Hathgarhia_ .-- Subcaste of Kumhar, meaning one who moulds vessels with his hands only, without using the wheel as an implement.
_Hathia, Hasti_ .-- (From _hathi_, elephant.) A section of Ahir, Chasa, Mehra and Mowar.
_Hatkar, Hatgar_ .-- A caste.

A subcaste of Koshta and Maratha.
_Hatwa_ .-- A small caste of pedlars and hawkers in the Uriya country, who perambulate the village bazars or _hats_, from which word their name is derived.

They sell tobacco, turmeric, salt, and other commodities.

The caste are in reality a branch of the Kewats, and are also called Semli Kewat, because their ancestors travelled on the Mahanadi and other rivers in canoes made from the bark of the _semal_ tree (_Bombax Malabaricum_).