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The '''Dhimar''' is a Hindu caste in [[Central India]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Shah |first=Pankaj |date=2013-04-06 |title=Political parties eye Lok Sabha polls, bank on boatmen to claim pole position |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/political-parties-eye-lok-sabha-polls-bank-on-boatmen-to-claim-pole-position/articleshow/19409283.cms |access-date=2026-04-25 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> The term Dhimar originates from the Sanskrit word "Dhivara," which means a fisherman.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Singh |first=Kumar Suresh |url=https://www.google.ca/books/edition/Maharashtra/F3TiAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=dhimar&dq=dhimar&printsec=frontcover |title=Maharashtra |last2=Bhanu |first2=B. V. |last3=India |first3=Anthropological Survey of |date=2004 |publisher=Anthropological Survey of India |isbn=978-81-7991-100-6 |page=514 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Gunda |first=Béla |url=https://www.google.ca/books/edition/The_Fishing_Culture_of_the_World/fDjXAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=dhimar&dq=dhimar&printsec=frontcover |title=The Fishing Culture of the World: Studies in Ethnology, Cultural Ecology, and Folklore |date=1984 |publisher=Akadémiai Kiadó |isbn=978-963-05-3279-2 |pages=660-661 |language=en}}</ref> Dhimars are also known as Kahar, Bhoi, Palewar, Baraua, and Machhandar.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gangaputra Fisherman Community |url=https://gangaputra.net/ |access-date=2026-04-25 |website=gangaputra.net}}</ref><br />
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Historically, Dhimars have primarily worked as the fishermen.<ref name=":1" /> Dhimars primarily reside in the states of Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Gujarat and Delhi.<br />
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Communities that are related to the Dhimar by occupation include Kanshilya, Koshyal, Dhinwar, Jhinwar, Dhewar, Jhimar, Kashyap, Kahar. Dhimars sometimes referred to as a sub-caste of boatmen.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Mallaah]]<br />
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*{{citation |title=Political parties eye Lok Sabha polls, bank on boatmen to claim pole position |first=Pankaj |last=Shah |date=6 April 2013 |work=The Times of India |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Political-parties-eye-Lok-Sabha-polls-bank-on-boatmen-to-claim-pole-position/articleshow/19409283.cms}}<br />
*{{citation |title=BJP castes a wider UP net, uses Modi's background to attract OBC votes while seeking blessings by feeding Brahmins |first=Piyush |last=Srivastava |work=India Today |date=25 February 2014 |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/story/bjp-leads-in-the-caste-game-in-up-2014-lok-sabha-polls-182555-2014-02-24}}<br />
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== Further reading ==<br />
*{{cite book|author=Béla Gunda|title=The Fishing culture of the world: studies in ethnology, cultural ecology, and folklore|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8gtBAAAAYAAJ|year=1984|publisher=Akadémiai Kiadó|isbn=978-963-05-3279-2}}<br />
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