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[[File:Basor Dalit caste.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Basor weaving bamboo baskets in a 1916 book]]

The '''Basor''' are a [[Hindu]] [[Caste system in India|caste]] found in the state of [[Uttar Pradesh]], India. They have [[scheduled caste]] status.<ref name="poi">People of India Uttar Pradesh Volume XLII Part One edited by A Hasan & J C Das page 212 to 215 Manohar Publications</ref>

==Origin==

The Basor were traditionally involved in the manufacture of bamboo furniture. Their name means a worker in bamboo. The Basor are found mainly in the districts of [[Jalaun District|Jalaun]], [[Hamirpur District, Uttar Pradesh|Hamirpur]], [[Mahoba]], [[Jhansi District|Jhansi]], [[Kanpur]] and [[Banda district (India)|Banda]]. Some Basor belongs to Jabalpur, Bhopal and Sagar districts of Madhya Pradesh. They speak [[Bundelkhandi]] dialect, although most can also understand the high version of [[Hindi]], known as [[Khari Boli]].<ref name="poi"/>

==Present circumstances==

The Basor practice strict community endogamy, as well as clan exogamy, which is a common practice among most [[North India]]n Hindus. Their clans are called [[gotra]]s, the main ones being the Bahmangot, Dhuneb, Katahriya, Sikarwar, Samangot, Sonach and Supa. Marriages do not occur with the [[Muslim Bansphor]] community. The Basor live in multi-caste villages, but occupy their own distinct quarters. Each of their settlement contains an informal caste council, known as a [[panchayat]]. The panchayat is headed by a pradhan, a position which is hereditary. In addition, there is an overarching panchayat of between three and four villages, which headed by a chaudhary. The panchayat resolves any intra-community dispute, as well as acting an instrument of social control. They are Hindus and have [[Lakshmi]] and [[Durga]] as their tribal deities.<ref name="poi"/>

The Basor are marginal farmers and sharecroppers. Their traditional occupation was basket making and animal husbandry. Like other artisan castes, they have seen in their traditional occupation, with a concurrent rise in the number of daily wage labourers. Traditionally, they used to work as a labourers and bamboo works. They also act as village musicians especially during processions, marriages and other socio-religious ceremonies.<ref name="poi"/>

The [[2011 Census of India]] for Uttar Pradesh showed the Basor population as 129,885.<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>

==References==

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[[Category:Scheduled Castes of Uttar Pradesh]]

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