A subcaste of Kharia and Oraon.
_Mundela_ .-- (Bald-headed.) A surname of Jijhotia Brahmans in Saugor.
_Mundle_ .-- (Shaven ones.) Subcaste of Gujar.
_Munikul_ .-- A section of Komti.

They do not use _munga_ beans.
_Munjia_ .-- Name of an Akhara or school of Bairagi religious mendicants.

See Bairagi.
_Munurwar_ .-- Synonym of Kapewar.
_Murai, Murao_ .-- (From _muli_, or radish.) Subcaste of Kachhi.
_Murchulia_ .-- (One who puts rings on the fingers of the caste.) A section of Ganda and Panka in Raipur.
_Muria_ .-- A well-known subtribe of Gonds in Bastar and Chanda.
_Murli_ .-- Synonym of Waghya.
_Musabir_ .-- Synonym of Mochi.
_Musahar_ .-- (A rat-eater.) Subcaste and title of Bhuiya.
_Musare_ .-- (_Musar_, a pestle.) A section of Mali.
_Mussali_ .-- Title of Mehtar.
_Mutracha_ .-- Synonym of Mutrasi.
_Mutrasa_ .-- Synonym of Mutrasi.
_Mutrasi_, _Mutrasa_, _Muthrasi_, _Mutracha_ .-- (From the Dravidian roots _mudi_, old, and _racha_, a king, or from Mutu Raja, a sovereign of some part of the Telugu country.) [472] A caste which is numerous in Hyderabad and Madras, and of which a few persons are found in the Chanda District of the Central Provinces.

The Mutrasis are the village watchmen proper of Telingana or the Telugu country.

[473] They were employed by the Vijayanagar kings to defend the frontier of their country, and were honoured with the title of Paligar.