A section of Ahir, Dhobi, Rajput, Sunar and other castes.
_Kaviraj_ .-- Title of a Bhat who has the qualification of literacy, and can therefore read the old Sanskrit medical works.

A physician.
_Kayasth Patwa_ .-- A subcaste of Patwa in Hoshangabad and Saugor.
_Kekre_ .-- Subcaste of Gujar.
_Kesaria_ .-- (From _kesar_, saffron.) A section of Ahir and Gadaria.
_Kewat_ .-- A caste.

A subcaste of Dhimar and Mallah.
_Khad_ .-- Subcaste of Mana.
_Khadal_ .-- A caste of palanquin-carriers.
_Khadal_ [456] (honorific titles _Nayak_ and _Behera_) .-- A small Dravidian caste of labourers in the Uriya country.

In 1901 they numbered 1200 persons and resided principally in the Patna and Sonpur States now transferred to Bengal.

The Khadals are probably an offshoot of the great Bauri caste of Bengal, with which the members of the caste in Patna admitted their identity, though elsewhere they deny it.