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[[File:Badhak or Qassab, the caste of butcher - Tashrih al-aqvam (1825), f.320v - BL Add. 27255.jpg|thumb|Badhak, the caste of butchers - ''Tashrih al-aqvam'' (1825)]]
The '''Badhik''', or sometimes pronounced '''Badhak''' a Hindu [[caste]] engages in the profession of butcher are found in the states of [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[Rajasthan]] and [[Haryana]] in India. They have been granted [[scheduled caste]] status in Uttar Pradesh.<ref name=autogenerated1>People of India Uttar Pradesh Volume XLII Part One edited by A Hasan & J C Das pages 95 to 99 Manohar Publications</ref>

==Origin==

The community is found mainly in [[Shahjahanpur District]], and speak the [[Khari boli]] dialect of [[Hindi language|Hindi]]. A small number are also found in [[Mathura District|Mathura]] and [[Pilibhit District|Pilibhit]].<ref name=autogenerated1 />

==Present circumstances==

The Badhik are strictly endogamous community, and practice the principle of clan exogamy. They are Hindu and observe all the major Hindu festivals but do not have exclusive family or clan deities. The Badhik are a landless community, providing the bulk of the agricultural labourers in eastern Uttar Pradesh. Traditionally, the community were hunters and gatherers, but now they are mainly butchers.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/india/national-india/FIR-on-75-people-in-this-village/articleshow/40352836.cms |title=FIR on 75% people in this village |work=Navbharat Times |access-date=2017-02-04}}</ref>{{clarify|reason=source needs translating - not convinced it says what we state here|date=February 2017}} Their subsidiary income is animal husbandry, poultry and drying and tanning of skins. A small number are also employed as agricultural labourers. As a [[Dalit]] community, they often suffer from societal discrimination. Each of their settlement contains an informal caste council, known as a biradari panchayat. The panchayat acts as instrument of social control, dealing with issues such as divorce and adultery.<ref name=autogenerated1 />

The [[2011 Census of India]] for Uttar Pradesh showed the Badhik population as 9018.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/SC_ST/PCA-A10/SC-0900-PCA-A-10-ddw.xlsx |title= A-10 Individual Scheduled Caste Primary Census Abstract Data and its Appendix - Uttar Pradesh |publisher=Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India |access-date=2017-02-04}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Scheduled Castes of Uttar Pradesh]]

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