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{{Infobox ethnic group
|group = Halpati, Talavia, Halpati
|pop =
|region1 = [[India]]
|pop1 = 675,945<ref name=list>{{cite web|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/Tables_Published/SCST/ST%20Lists.pdf |title=List of notified Scheduled Tribes |publisher=Census India |accessdate=15 December 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131107225208/http://censusindia.gov.in/Tables_Published/SCST/ST%20Lists.pdf |archivedate=7 November 2013 }}</ref><ref name=Census2011>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/ST.html|title=A-11 Individual Scheduled Tribe Primary Census Abstract Data and its Appendix|accessdate=2017-03-24|work=Census of India 2011|publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India|Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India]]}}</ref>
|region2 = {{spaces|14}}[[Gujarat]]
|pop2 = 643,120<ref name=Census2011></ref>
|region3 = {{spaces|14}}[[Maharashtra]]
|pop3 = 18,697<ref name=Census2011></ref>
|region4 = {{spaces|14}}[[Daman and Diu]]
|pop4 = 11,087<ref name=Census2011></ref>
|region5 = {{spaces|14}}[[Dadra and Nagar Haveli]]
|pop5 = 2,703<ref name=Census2011></ref>
|region6 = {{spaces|14}}[[Karnataka]]
|pop6 = 264<ref name=Census2011></ref>
|region7 = {{spaces|14}}[[Goa]]
|pop7 = 74<ref name=Census2011></ref>
|languages = mainly [[Dubli language|Dubli]] and [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]
}}
The '''Halpati''' are found mainly in the [[Gujarat]] state of India. Minor populations are also found in surrounding states and union territories. They are also known as Talvia or Talvi Rathode.<ref>People of India Gujarat Volume XXI Part One edited by R.B Lal, P.B.S.V Padmanabham, G Krishnan & M Azeez Mohideen pages 346-350</ref><ref>People of India Maharshtra Volume XXX Part One edited by B.V Bhanu, B.R Bhatnagar, D.K Bose, V.S Kulkarni and J Sreenath pages 571-577</ref>

== Origin ==

They get their name from the [[Hindi]] word dubla, which means a thin person. The Halpati claim that they were [[Rathore]] [[Rajput]]s, who acquired this nickname on account of their taking to cultivation. They are also known as Halpati, which in [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] means a cultivator. The Dubla are found in the districts of [[Surat]], [[Valsad]], [[Bharuch]] and [[Vadodara]]. <ref>People of India Gujarat Volume XXI Part One edited by R.B Lal, P.B.S.V Padmanabham, G Krishnan & M Azeez Mohideen pages 346-350</ref>

In [[Maharashtra]] the Halpati also claim descent from the [[Rathore]] community. The name dubla is also derived from the word durbala, which means a weakling. They are found mainly in [[Thane District]], and speak [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]. <ref>People of India Maharshtra Volume XXX Part One edited by B.V Bhanu, B.R Bhatnagar, D.K Bose, V.S Kulkarni and J Sreenath pages 571-577</ref>

== Present circumstances ==
They are classified as scheduled tribes in 4 states and 2 union territories: [[Goa]], [[Gujarat]], [[Karnataka]], [[Maharashtra]], [[Dadra and Nagar Haveli]] and [[Daman and Diu]].<ref name=list></ref>

=== In Gujarat ===

The community consist of twenty sub-divisions, the main ones being the Talavia, Rathoria, Vohariya, Damaria, Valsadia, Olpadia, Mandavia, Umberia, Ghanghodia, Khodia, Choria, Ukharia, Baramia, Baria, Narda, Haevia, Thakura, Karcha, Watal, Parsi Dubla and Laldatwala Dubla. These clans are of equal status, and intermarry, except the Talavia, who consider themselves superior to the other clans on account of their [[Rajput]] ancestry. The Halpati speak [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]. <ref>People of India Gujarat Volume XXI Part One edited by R.B Lal, P.B.S.V Padmanabham, G Krishnan & M Azeez Mohideen pages 346-350</ref>

The Halpati are marginal cultivators and landless agricultural labourers. They also possess buffaloes, cows and goats and are often involved in selling milk, which is a subsidiary occupation. A small number are petty traders, and are often village shopkeepers. Many Halpati have also moved to [[Surat]] and [[Ahmedabad|Ahmadabad]], where they are employed in the diamond cutting industries.<ref>People of India Gujarat Volume XXI Part One edited by R.B Lal, P.B.S.V Padmanabham, G Krishnan & M Azeez Mohideen pages 346-350</ref>

=== In Maharashtra ===

Halpati society consists of several endogamous sub-divisions which do not marry. Some of their sub-divisions include the Bhahmaniya, Garasia, Karcha, Mandvia, Ratjod, Rajput, and Taravia. Their primary occupation is agriculture. The community is divided between small landowners and landless agricultural labourers. They are [[Hindu]], and customs similar to neighbouring tribal communities such as the [[Dhodia]] and [[Warli]]. <ref>People of India Maharshtra Volume XXX Part One edited by B.V Bhanu, B.R Bhatnagar, D.K Bose, V.S Kulkarni and J Sreenath pages 571-577</ref>

==References==

{{reflist}}
{{Social groups of Gujarat}}
{{Scheduled Tribes in Maharashtra}}
[[Category:Social groups of Gujarat]]
[[Category:Indian castes]]
[[Category:Hindu communities]]
[[Category:Tribal communities of Gujarat]]
[[Category:Tribal communities of Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Social groups of Maharashtra]]

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Ajay Kumar at 14:45, 23 July 2023