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The '''Bhantu''' are a [[Hindu]] [[Caste system in India|caste]] found in [[Uttar Pradesh]], where they have [[scheduled caste]] status. They are one of the many nomadic groups in found in [[North India]].{{cn|date=July 2020}}<br />
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== History ==<br />
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The Bhantu claim to be [[Rajput]] soldiers in the army of [[Maharana Pratap]], who after his defeat at the hands of the [[Mughal Empire|Mughal Emperor]] [[Akbar]] dispersed into forests. There the community took up [[dacoity]] and theft. During the period of [[United Kingdom|British]], they were notified under the [[Criminal Tribes Act]]. Many were exiled to the [[Andaman Islands]]. In 1952, they were allowed to return to [[Uttar Pradesh]], and many were settled in Shekhupur village in [[Badaun District]]. They are now found mainly in the districts of [[Moradabad District|Moradabad]], [[Kanpur Nagar district|Kanpur]], and [[Lakhimpur Kheri District|Kheri]].<ref name=people>People of India Uttar Pradesh Volume XLII Part One edited by A Hasan & J C Das pages 263 to 267 Manohar Publications</ref><br />
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== Present circumstances ==<br />
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The community consists of eight [[exogamy|exogamous]] clans, the Gaado, [[Dholia]], Cherele, Banswale, Dhapan, Sadheke, Mina and Marwari. Marriages are strictly prohibited within the clans.<ref name="people"/><br />
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The [[2011 Census of India]] for Uttar Pradesh, where they were classified as a Scheduled Caste, showed the Bhantu population as 11,807.<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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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Scheduled Castes of Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:Denotified tribes of India]]</div>>AnomieBOT