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In Bhandara the Kandras are an offshoot of Gonds.
Their women do not wear their cloths over the head, and knot their hair behind without plaiting it.
They talk a Gondi dialect and are considered an impure caste. _Kandu_ .-- (A grain-parcher.) A synonym and subcaste of Bharbhunja.
A subcaste of Halwai. _Kandua_ .-- (From _kand_, onion, as they eat onions.) A subcaste of Bharbhunja. _Kanera_ .-- (From the _kaner_ tree.) A totemistic section of Ganda and Khangar. _Kangali_ .-- (Poor.) A common sept of Gonds. _Kanhejin_ .-- Subcaste of Banjara. _Kanhpuria_ .-- (From Cawnpore, which was founded by their eponymous hero Kanh.) A clan of Rajputs. _Kanjar_ .-- A caste of gipsies.
A subcaste of Banjara. _Kankubja_ .-- See Kanaujia. _Kannow_ .-- A sectarian division of Brahmans. _Kanphata_ .-- (One who has his ears bored or pierced.) A class of Jogi mendicants. _Kansari_ .-- Synonym of Kasar. _Kanwar_ .-- Synonym of Kawar. _Kanwarbansi_ .-- A subtribe of Khairwar. _Kaonra_ or _Kora_ .-- A caste.
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