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The '''Bauris''' ([[Bengali language|Bengali]]:বাউরী) are recognised as an indigenous [[Bengali Hindu]]<ref>{{Cite book|last=Kundu|first=Santosh Kumar|title=Bengali Hindu Jati Parichay|publisher=Presidency Library|year=2008|isbn=978-81-89466-13-8|location=Kolkata|language=bn}}</ref> community, belonging to the Kashyapa clan and Shakta sect of hinduism, primarily residing in Bengal found in large numbers in [[Bankura district|Bankura]], [[Birbhum district|Birbhum, Purulia]] and other districts in Indian [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]], [[Assam]], [[Tripura|Tripura and Orissa]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bauri|url=http://www.scstrti.in/index.php/communities/sc-communities/108-sc-communities/338-bauri|access-date=2020-11-22|website=www.scstrti.in}}</ref> The village of Purbo Tila in Chatlapur Tea Garden, [[Kulaura]] and Dakchara Tea Garden, [[Srimangal]], [[Moulvibazar District]] are also home to Bauri communities in [[Bangladesh]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Project|first=Joshua|title=Bauri in Bangladesh|url=https://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/10736/BG|access-date=2020-11-22|website=joshuaproject.net|language=en}}</ref> They are also found in many villages like [[Chhatna]] and [[Beliatore]].

Bauris numbered 1,091,022 in the 2001 census in the state of West Bengal. 37.5 per cent of the Bauris were literate - 51.8 per cent males and 22.7 per cent females were literate. Only 4.7 per cent of the Bauris were matriculates or completed schooling.<ref>{{cite web|title=West Bengal, Census of India 2001|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/Tables_Published/SCST/dh_sc_westbengal.pdf|access-date=2009-06-28|publisher=Office of the Registrar General, India}}</ref>

The Bauris are usually involved in activities like [[farming]]. The Bauris of Purbo Tila [[Moulvibazar]] in [[Bangladesh]] are usually involved in [[medicinal]] practices . The prime festivals they celebrate are known as [[Manasa|Mansa]] Puja, [[Durga]] puja and [[kali]] puja. Still today they lack many facilities provided by the [[Government of India|Government]] as those facilities could not reach them easily as they live in very remote villages. The State Government has also started an initiative to provide them houses made of bricks and cements and the Local Government has been quiet successful in this initiative. Also the Government is trying to provide construction of free toilets. Also Government has set up many Primary and Secondary schools so they can be encouraged to get the best education to improve themselves and the Government has also started the Mid-Day Meal Scheme for them.

==Subcastes==
Bauris are divided into the following subcastes: Mallabhumia, Sikharia, Panchakoti, Mola, Dhalia, Malua, and Pathuria. Some of these subcastes appear to be territorial subdivisions. Mallabhumia, Malua and perhaps also Mola, were residents of [[Mallabhum]], the central and eastern parts of Bankura district. Sikharia were Bauris who hailed from Shikharbhum, the tract between the [[Kangsabati River|Kasai]] and [[Barakar River|Barakar]] rivers. The Dhulia subcaste is supposed to be from Dhalbhum, which is the area in [[Khatra subdivision]]. Panchakoti refers to the central area of Panchet estate now in [[Purulia district]].

==Practices==
Traces of [[totem]]ism still survive in their reverence for the red-backed heron. The heron is looked upon as the emblem of the community.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=16-LDwAAQBAJ&q=bauri&pg=PA4|title=Bauri|date=2019-03-06|publisher=Dr Suresh Kumar Sahu|language=en}}</ref>

==Prominent Bauris==
Sashi Bhushan Bauri from Bihar (now in Jharkhand) was the first Political leader from Bauri community.He was a Member of Legislative Assembly from Chandankiyari (1967).[[Sandhya Bauri]] and her daughter, [[Susmita Bauri]], have been members of parliament from [[Bishnupur (Lok Sabha constituency)]]. [[Amar Kumar Bauri]] is a minister in jharkhand. [[Dasia Bauri]] was a saint in Orissa.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dasia Bauri|url=http://magazines.odisha.gov.in/Orissareview/2015/May-June/engpdf/106-109.pdf}}</ref> Dr. Amal Bawri from Amguri, Sivasagar, Assam is a Botanist in a research station under Ministry of AYUSH, Govt. Of India

==References==
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[[Category:Scheduled Tribes of India]]
[[Category:Social groups of West Bengal]]
[[Category:People from Kulaura Upazila]]

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