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The '''Balai''', '''Balahi''' or '''Bhalay''' is a [[caste]] found in the states of [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[Maharashtra]], [[Rajasthan]] and [[Uttar Pradesh]] in India.<ref>''People of India Uttar Pradesh''. Volume XLII. Part One. edited by A Hasan & J C Das pages 153 to 155, Manohar Publications</ref> They are a relatively community of Bunkar caste and whose occupation, like theirs, has traditionally revolved around working with weaving.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Hierarchies Within Hierarchy: Some Observations on Caste System in Rajasthan |first=Debashis |last=Debnath |journal=Indian Anthropologist |volume=25 |issue=1 |date=June 1995 |pages=23–30 |jstor=41919761}}</ref><br />
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Acharya Nanesh, the eighth Achayra of Sadhumargi Jain Shravak Sangha had preached among the Balai community in 1963 near Ratlam. His followers are called Dharmapal. <ref>https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/metro/mumbai/other-news/-/articleshow/6589054.cms</ref><br />
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The [[2011 Census of India]] for Uttar Pradesh showed the Balai population as 1200, whilst that in Rajasthan numbered 1100. In both states they are listed as a [[Scheduled Caste]] under India's [[Reservation in India|reservation system]].<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 |accessdate=2017-02-04}}</ref><br />
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Despite occasional errors in the literature, they do not speak a distinct language.<ref>{{glotto|bhal1245|Bhalay}}</ref><br />
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They speak the [[Nimadi language]].<ref name=":0" /> There is no distinct Bhalay language, despite one being assigned an [[ISO 639-3|ISO code]] {{ethnolink|bhx}}.<ref name=":0">Hammarström (2015) [https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/bhal1245 Ethnologue] 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices</ref><br />
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[[Category:Scheduled Castes of Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
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