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The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India--Volume I (of IV)

PART I
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The Jhankar is usually a Binjhwar or member of another primitive tribe.
_Jhara, Jhira, Jhora_ .-- Synonym of Sonjhara.
_Jharha_ .-- subcaste of Lodhi.

_Jharia_ .-- (Jungly.) See Jhadi.

_Jharola_ .-- (Perhaps from the town of Jhalor in Marwar.) A subcaste of Brahmans in Jubbulpore.
_Jhinga_ .-- (A prawn-catcher.) Subcaste of Dhimar.
_Jijhotia_ or _Jujhotia_ .-- (From Jajhoti, the old name of the country of Lalitpur and Saugor.) A subcaste of Brahmans of the Kanaujia division.

A subcaste of Ahir; a section of Joshi and Kumhar.
_Jildgar_ .-- (A bookbinder.) A class of _Mochi._ _Jingar._--( A saddlemaker.) A class of Mochi.

A subcaste of Chamar and of Simpi (Darzi).
_Jirayat_ .-- Synonym for Mochis in Berar who have taken up the finer kinds of ironwork, such as mending guns, etc.
_Jire-Mali._--Formerly was the only subcaste of Mali who would grow cumin or _jira_.
_Jiria_ .-- (From _jira_, or cumin.) Subcaste of Kachhi.
_Jogi, Jugi_.


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