Most of these castes belong to Chhattisgarh and the Uriya country.
_Naga_ .-- A clan of Gosains or mendicants.

See Gosain.
_Nagar_ .-- A subcaste of Brahmans belonging to Gujarat; a subcaste of Bania; a section of Teli.
_Nagarchi_ .-- (A drum-beater.) A class of Gonds.

A subcaste of Ganda and Ghasia.
_Nagarchi_ .-- The Nagarchis appear to be a class of Gonds, whose special business was to beat the _nakkara_ or kettledrums at the gates of forts and palaces.

In some Districts they now form a special community, marrying among themselves, and numbered about 6000 persons in 1911.

The _nagara_ or _nakkara_ is known in Persia as well as in India.