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The '''Haṛi''' ([[Bengali language|Bengali]]: হাড়ি) is a scavenger caste of [[Indigenous peoples|indigenous]] origin found in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]] and [[Bangladesh]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Srivastava |first=B. N. |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Manual_Scavenging_in_India/-c6mNYorw7QC?hl=en |title=Manual Scavenging in India: A Disgrace to the Country |date=1997 |publisher=Concept Publishing Company |isbn=978-81-7022-639-0 |pages=33 |language=en}}</ref><br />
The Haris numbered 390,619 in the 2001 census and were 2.1 per cent of the [[Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes|scheduled caste]] population of West Bengal. 49.5 per cent of the Haris were literate – 61.6 per cent males and 36.8 per cent females were literate.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://censusindia.gov.in/Tables_Published/SCST/dh_sc_westbengal.pdf| title = West Bengal, Census of India 2001, Data Highlights – The Scheduled Castes| access-date = 2009-06-28 | publisher = Office of the Registrar General, India }}</ref><br />
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[[Category:Social groups of West Bengal]]</div>Sanjay