They are considered degraded, as their name indicates.

They are said to have cut up a cow made of flour to please a Muhammadan governor, and to follow some other Muhammadan practices.
_Kalapithia_,--( Having black backs.) A subcaste of Savars in Puri of Orissa.

They have the right of dragging the car of Jagannath.
_Kalawant_ .-- Title of Mirasi.
_Kalbelia_ .-- (Catcher of snakes.) A subcaste of Nat.
_Kalibelia_ .-- (_Bel_, an ox.) A section of Chadar.

They draw a picture of an ox at their weddings.
_Kalihari_ .-- (Bridle.) A section of Teli in Nandgaon, so named because they presented a bridle to their king.
_Kalkhor_ .-- (Castor-oil plant.) A totemistic sept of the Audhalia caste.
_Kalutia, Kalota_ .-- A subtribe of Gonds in Chanda and Betul.
_Kalwar_ .-- Synonym of Kalar.
_Kamad._ [447]--A small caste of jugglers, who come from Rajputana and travel about in the Hoshangabad and Nimar Districts.

They were not returned at the census, and appear to belong to Rajputana.