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'''Banmanus''' are a forest dwellers community in Uttar Pradesh, concentrated in [[Awadh|Awadh region]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Project |first=Joshua |author-link=Joshua Project |title=Banmanus in India |url=https://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/16320/IN |access-date=2026-04-10 |website=joshuaproject.net |language=en}}</ref> They have traditionally engaged in hunting and gathering, residing in the deep forested region of Southern Awadh. Though after loss of forests during [[British Raj|colonial rule]] in the region, they were forced engaged themselves as agriculturalists and labourers.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Singh |first=Nalini |date=2006 |title=Professor B.B. Chaudhary Memorial Prize Essay: COLONIAL DISCOURSE ON AGRO-FOREST POLICY IN AWADH DURING THE 19 TH CENTURY: A STUDY OF 'MODEL FARMING' AND VOELCKER REPORT ON INDIAN AGRICULTURE |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/44147986 |journal=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress |volume=67 |pages=666–677 |issn=2249-1937}}</ref><br />
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They are recognized as [[Schedule Caste|Scheduled Caste]] in [[Uttar Pradesh]] and have a population of 24,185 in the state.<ref>{{Cite web |title=District wise Scheduled Caste population in Uttar Pradesh |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/42890 |access-date=10 April 2026 |website=censusofIndia |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |format=XLS}}</ref> <br />
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They have depicted as "''Cave dwellers''" with lifestyle similar to that of [[Raji people]], who resides in the [[Nepal]] and [[Uttarakhand]] and also called as ''Ban-Manus'' (or Forest humans).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Experts |first=Arihant |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Know_Your_State_Uttar_Pradesh/ehrzDwAAQBAJ |title=Know Your State Uttar Pradesh |date=2019-07-22 |publisher=Arihant Publications India limited |isbn=978-93-131-9643-3 |page=[https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Know_Your_State_Uttar_Pradesh/ehrzDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=banmanus+caste+uttar+pradesh&pg=PA361&printsec=frontcover 361] |language=en}}</ref><br />
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