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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Hindu tribes in Uttrakhand and Uttar Pradesh, India}}<br />
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{{Infobox Ethnic group<br />
| group = Boksa or Buksa<br />
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| pop = <br />
| region1 = {{flag|India}}<br />
| pop1 = 51,038<br />
| region2 = {{spaces|5}}[[Uttarakhand]]<br />
| pop2 = 46,771<ref name="utkcensus">{{cite web |url= http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Tables_Published/SCST/dh_st_uttaranchal.pdf|title=Uttaranchal, Data Highlights: The Scheduled Tribes, Census of India 2001 |access-date=2008-03-16 }}</ref><br />
| region3 = {{spaces|5}}[[Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
| pop3 = 4,367<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Tables_Published/SCST/dh_st_up.pdf|title=Uttar Pradesh, Data Highlights: The Scheduled Tribes, Census of India 2001 |access-date=2008-03-16 }}</ref><br />
| languages = [[Buksa language]]<br />
| religions = '''[[Hinduism]]'''<br />
| related = [[Tharu people]]{{·}} [[Bhotiya]]{{·}} [[Pokhariya]]{{·}} [[Ban Rawats]]{{·}} [[Kumaoni people]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''Bhoksa''', also known as '''Buksa''', are [[indigenous peoples]] living mainly in the [[States and union territories of India|Indian states]] of [[Uttarakhand]] and [[Uttar Pradesh]]. They are mostly concentrated in [[Dehradun district|Dehradun]] and [[Nainital district]]s in the foothills of the outer [[Himalayas]].<ref name=socialtrans>{{cite book<br />
|last = Singh<br />
|first = R<br />
|title = Social Transformation of Indian Tribes<br />
|publisher = Anmol Publications PVT. LTD.<br />
|location = New Delhi, India<br />
|isbn = 81-261-0452-X<br />
|pages = 25–26<br />
|chapter = Composition and Social Order<br />
|date = April 2004<br />
}}</ref> They are also found in the [[Bijnor district]] of Uttar Pradesh, where they are known as Mehra. Both communities have been granted [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|Scheduled Tribe]] status.<br />
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== Culture ==<br />
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===Language===<br />
The Bhoksa speak the [[Buksa language]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=tkb|title=Buksa|publisher=ethnologue.com|access-date=31 August 2012}}</ref> The language is spoken in Uttarakhand, mainly in southwestern Nainital district, along a diagonal from [[Ramnagar, Nainital|Ramnagar]] to Dineshpur. It is spoken around 130 villages in [[Kichha]] and [[Kashipur, Uttarakhand|Kashipur]] tehsils, some in Bijnor and [[Pauri Garhwal district]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tribal population in India|url=http://www.tribal.nic.in/ST/StatisticalProfileofSTs2013.pdf|url-status=live|website=[[Ministry of Tribal Affairs]]|publisher=[[Government of India]]}}</ref><br />
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=== Religion ===<br />
[[Hinduism]] is the main and prominent religion, followed by nearly 99.4% of the total tribal population and most of the Bhoksa people follows the [[Folk Hinduism]]. Though some of them have also converted to [[Christianity]] and [[Buddhism]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Project|first=Joshua|title=Bhoksa in India|url=https://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/16500/IN|access-date=2021-08-14|website=joshuaproject.net|language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Present circumstances ==<br />
{{As of|2001}}, the Bhoksa of Uttarakhand were classified as a Scheduled Tribe under the [[Reservation in India|Indian government's reservation program]] of [[affirmative action]].<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Census of India: Government of India |url=http://censusindia.gov.in/Tables_Published/SCST/scst_main.html |date=7 March 2007 |title=List of Scheduled Tribes |access-date=27 November 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100605042409/http://censusindia.gov.in/Tables_Published/SCST/scst_main.html |archive-date=5 June 2010 }}</ref> As ''Buksa'', they are similarly classified in Uttar Pradesh.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tribal.nic.in/WriteReadData/CMS/Documents/201212010356439267578File1068.pdf |title=State wise Scheduled Tribes&nbsp;— Uttar Pradesh |publisher=Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India |access-date=2017-02-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161123041643/http://tribal.nic.in/WriteReadData/CMS/Documents/201212010356439267578File1068.pdf |archive-date=2016-11-23 }}</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
*[[List of Scheduled Tribes in Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Scheduled tribes of India}}<br />
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[[Category:Scheduled Tribes of Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:Scheduled Tribes of Uttarakhand]]<br />
[[Category:Bijnor district]]<br />
[[Category:Hindu communities]]<br />
[[Category:Hindu ethnic groups]]</div>imported>Dawnpope