Also a section of Barai, Bari, Beldar, Bharbhunja, Bhulia, Binjhwar, Chandnahu Kurmi, Gond, Jangam, Joshi, Kalar, Kasar, Kasarwani Bania, Khangar, Nai, Rajput, Sunar.

Some castes say that they are all of the Kashyap _gotra_ or section, the tortoise being considered a common ancestor of mankind, because it supports the world.
_Kasia_ .-- (Kansa, or bell-metal.) A section of Chamar.

They draw a picture of a bell-metal dish at their weddings.
_Kasondhi_ .-- A subcaste of Bania.
_Kassab, Kassia_ .-- (A butcher.) Synonym of Kasai.
_Kast_ .-- A small caste found in the Maratha Districts and Bombay, who appear to be a separate or inferior group of the Kayasths.

In Chanda they work as patwaris and clerks to moneylenders, while some are merchants and landholders.

Like the Kayasths, they wash their pens and inkstands on the Dasahra festival and worship them.