Patel[ Kurmi] are a Hindu agricultural Jāti (community) in India and Nepal. We are Prithuvanshi(Suryavanshi) Kshatriya Jaiswar Kurmi AKERITHIYA- Gorakhpur
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The caste Kurmi is said to be Kurmi Kshatriya which is a branch of Hindu religion. RACES OF KURMI KSHATRIYA:
There are 1488 races of Kurmis which have been counted in 1901 census. In Kurmi families, there were no such trend that they could be conserved their main genealogical and the names of their forefather due to this reason, vanished the differences between Kul & main genealogical sub caste. T
herefore at this time all these classes known to be as sub-caste of Kurmi. In Uttar Pradesh, on the basis of sociological importance, fame, and on the majority, the caste Kurmi is divided into eleven main endogamous families. These main groups (or classes) are:
(1) Baisval (2) Bardiya (3) Ganga Pari (4) Gujarati (5) Jaiswar (6) Kanoujiya (7) Kharbind (8) Pathariya (9) Raad (10) Sainthwar (11) Singraur
. And in the Nathupur, Tehseel of Azamgarh found to be ‘Mall’. Except these, there are many other famous groups in locality base which caste wise along with their residential zone are as follows:
SUB- CASTE OF KURMI RESIDENTIAL AREA
1. AKHARWAR- Banaras & Gorakhpur
3. ATHARIYA- Banaras & Gorakhpur
4. ADH KURMI – (MEDIAM KURMI)- These are found in only ‘Maan- Bhum’ where ‘Kurum’ is considered , as original .
5. AWADHIYA- These are in majority in Gorakhpur and Bihar . In Kurmi Samaj they have specific rank and they are found in Azamgarh District .
6. ANDHAR – Fatepur
7. ALLAHABADI,HARDIYA- Banaras
8. UMARAO- Kanpur, Unnao
9. UTTAM- , SACHAN,UMARAO- Fatehpur
10. UTRAHA – Azamgarh , Fatehpur, Banaras
11. USRETHE, SACHAN- Hamirpur, Jhansi, Jaloun, Lalitpur
12. KACHHWAHA- Kheeri
13. KATIYAR ,SACHAN- Kanpur,Sitapur
14. KATIYAR- In ancient age Farrukhabad, Barely, Ruhelkhand was famous by the name of Katehar. Today, Bhu-Pradesh is known as Katehar which is surrounded by Ramganga, Sharda and Khanout riveres due to the living in Katehar region they are called Katiyar .
15. KANOUJIYA- Kheeri, Barely, Shahjahanpur, Fatehpur, Unnao, Badayun and Sitapur, Raybareli, Kanpur, Pilibheet, Lacknow , Hardoi 16. KACHEESA- In Bihar state
17. KARJAWA- Allahabad; Fatehpur
18. KOYARI- Kheeri
19. KAIRATI- Absolutely this is not any sub-caste, but it is a group of Gujrati sub-caste. These are find in Baharich, Barabanki, Lucknow district.
20. KURUM – Maan Bhum
21. KHARCHWAH- These are find in Bharwar and Sirarthu Tehseel of Fatehpur District. Their works are making the Daliya (bascket), Jhauwa etc. Their sociological status is lower.
22. LAPARIBANDH, BHOOR,- LAKHARIHA- Raybareily
23. KHARBIND- Sultanpur, Pratapgarh , Baliya , Allahabad
24. KHURASIYA – Gonda , (These are related to ‘Kalhaus’ Rajya)
25. HANDSARI- Orisa26. GAYSARI – Orisa27. GANGWAR – Farukhabad , Sitapur
28. GANGAPARI- Farrukhabad , Bareli , Shajhanpur , Pilibheet , Lalitpur .
29. GUJRATI- Raibareli, Bahraich, Basti, Faizabad
30. GOIT – Gorakhpur
31. GONDAL,PATHARIYA, MANWAR,MAHETO, SANDHOVA- Mirzapur
32. GHAINALA- Bihar
33. GHORCHADAH,DAKHINAHA,PATARGHINCHA AND PURABIA- Banaras
34. CHANOU , CHANDOUR – Banaras , Gorakhpur , Allahabad .
35. CHANDEL -(CHANDROUL) Banda , Allhabad , Fatehpur
36. CHANDPURAHI – Banda 38. JARIYA , SAKARWAR – Allahabad
39. JARUHAR, TARMAL, BATHMA , BAHAMANIA- Gorakhpur
40. JADOUN, JADAN, JADUWA- Bareli , Pilibheet , Ruhelkhand .
41. JAISWAR – Lucknow, Barabanki, Sitapur, Raebareily, Gonda, Kheeri, Bahraich, Basti, Faizabad, Sultanpur, Mirzapur, Ajamgarh, Unnao, Farrukhabad, Pratapgarh, Balia, Banaras,Jaunpur, Allahabad, Gajipur
42. JHAMAIYA- Allahabad and West region of yamuna river .
43. JHARI- Nagpur44. JHURI AND JHURA- Nagpur and Gajipur
45. THAKURIHA , MANWA , MEWAR , SANKHWAR , HARDWARA- Kheeri
46. DINDWAR- Ajamgarh
47. DELPHORA – Gorakhpur , Balia , Ajamgarh
48. DESI AND NEECH KURMI- Orissa(Desi is said to be that this is a branch 0f ‘Adivasi’.They are not consider to himself as a pure Kurmi)
49. NIRANJAN , JHUKARSI ,MAHESARI- Jalaun
50. PATARIHA- Raebareli , Kanpur , Fatehpur , Banaras , Pratapgarh , Allahbad .
51. PATANWAR- Gorakhpur and Ajamgarh
52. BAYSARIYA- Orissa and Chota Nagpur(It is said to be that they came from Baksar , Sahabad district of Bihar . But there is no solid proof or reason that they are to be Kurmi .Their status is very low.Therefore,it may be that in ancient time they would be a branch of Santhal or Bhumij tribes.)
53. BARDIYA , PACHHAL- Sitapur
54. BOTA , LOHAR- Farrukabad
55. BIRTIHA- Gorakhpur , Sultanpur
56. BAISWAR- Barabanki , Sitapur , Kheeri , Agra, Mirjapur, Jaunpur, Raebareily, Chattisgarh .
57. BHARATI , RAWAT- Ruhelkhand58. BHANDARI,SACHAN, KATIYAAR, SANSAWAN- Kanpur
59. MAGHAIYA , RAMAIYA- Bihar (In Bihar,they are 50% of kurmi population, Maghaiya are the Arya kurmi kshatriya of ancient root clay. Today, they write ‘Magadh’ in place of ‘Maghaiya’)
60. MALL- They are found only in Nathupur Pargana of Ajamgarh
61. RAAD- Bahraich
62. SANSABAR- Basti , g***d , Bihar
63. SANSOYAL , SAMAN- Gonda
64. SAUN- Bhawar region (They are cultivator and each type of labour)
65. SIMMAL , SACHAN- Hamirpur
66. SIKHADIA- Manbhoom (Where they are called ‘Chota kurmi’)
67. SINGROUR- Allahbad, Banda, Gorakhpur, Mirzapur, (In Fatehpur and Allahabad, they are familiar and significant in compression to the Brahmin and Thakur. All says them as Thakur sahab)
68. SANTHWAR- Gorakhpur, AjamgarhORIGIN & NOMENCLATURE:
Kurmi society is an ancient kshatriya race of the world. This race has been important place in the history of human being. The nomenclature of this species based on ‘Vedas’. The oldest book of the world ‘Rigveda’ in which the term kurmi is used for Devraj Indra. This word is an adjective and it means workaday or laborious. The term Kurm is also used in Upnidan sutra, in this book the word kurmi is in respect of great kourmi Indra. There is a similar word Kauram is found in Atharva ved. It is originated from the word Kurma where ‘Ku’ means earth and ‘rama’ means wandering. Therefore hard worker of the earth are called Kurmi. The Kurmis owned the land over many years became to known as Kunbi and then later Kanbi . The Kanbi caste later known as two groups . Lava (Migrants from the Lya district of Punjab) and Kadva Kanbi (Migrants from Karad district. During the period (BC 2000-BC1000), there was a huge increase in the A***n population of Punjab as many groups migrated from there. There were shortage of agricultural land and so many groups spread towards northern Rajasthan, Bengal, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh etc. As a result of migration, the main occupant of this area in present time, are the Kurm Kshatriya.There are various modifications of the Kurmi as Kurum, Kulmi, Kulvi, Kulwadi , Kanbi , Kumbi etc. The Kunbi is the great hindu cultivator caste which found mainly in Western India. It correspond with Kapu of Telgu region in Madras , the Kumbi of Balgam , the Kumbi of Deccan , the Kulwadi of Southern Konkam , Kumbi of Gujrat and Patidar of Brauch .
