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The '''Damor''' are an ethnic community found indigenous to the current state of [[Gujarat]] in [[India]]. They are also known as '''Damaria'''.<ref name="POI">{{cite book |title=People of India Gujarat |volume=XXII Part One |editor1-first=R. B. |editor1-last=Lal |editor2-first=S. V. |editor2-last=Padmanabham |editor3-first=A. |editor3-last=Mohideen |pages=311–314 |publisher=Popular Prakashan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d8yFaNRcYcsC |accessdate=27 November 2012}}</ref><br />
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== Origin ==<br />
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The Damor form a section of the [[Bhil]] tribe. The Damor are found in the districts of [[Sabarkantha]], [[Dahod]] and [[Panchmahal]]. They speak the bhili dialect of [[Rajasthani language|Rajasthani]], although many also speak [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]].<ref name="POI" /><br />
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== Present circumstances ==<br />
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The Damor are an endogamous community and practice clan exogamy. Their main clans are the Parmar, Sisodia, Rathore, Chauhan, Solanki, Saradia and Karadiya. Most of these are also well known parallel Rajput clans. The Damor are mainly settled agriculturists, and include both landowners and sharecroppers.<ref name="POI" /><br />
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{{As of|2001}}, the Damor of Rajasthan were classified as a [[Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes|Scheduled Tribe]] under the [[Reservation in India|Indian government's reservation program]] of [[positive discrimination]].<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 |accessdate=27 November 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100605042409/http://censusindia.gov.in/Tables_Published/SCST/scst_main.html |archivedate=5 June 2010 }}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Bhil Clans}}<br />
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[[Category:Bhil]]<br />
[[Category:Tribal communities of Gujarat]]<br />
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