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'''Kadia Kumbhar''' / '''Kadiya Kumbhar''' are a [[Hindu]] sub-group of the [[Kumbhar]] caste, which are found only in [[Gujarat]], India.<ref name="Singh1996">{{cite book|author=Kumar Suresh Singh|title=Communities, segments, synonyms, surnames and titles|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bfAMAQAAMAAJ&q=kadiya+kumbhar|accessdate=21 February 2015|year=1996|publisher=Anthropological Survey of India|isbn=978-0-19-563357-3|pages=454}}</ref> They are among the [[Socially and Educationally Backward Class]]es of Gujarat State.<ref>[http://sje.gujarat.gov.in/ddcw/showpage.aspx?contentid=1736&lang=english List of Socially and Educationally Backward Classes declared by Gujarat State]</ref>

The Kadia Kumbhar caste originated in the 1920s, when a group decided to break links with the Kumbhar, their parent caste and form a new distinct sub-group.<ref name=gz>{{cite book|title=Gazetteer of the Baroda State|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GGU_AAAAIAAJ&q=kadia+|accessdate=21 February 2015|year=1923|publisher=Times Press|pages=155, 207}}</ref>
Kadia Kumbhars are those who have taken to the occupation of Kadias, or [[Stone mason|mason]]s.<ref name="(India)1984">{{cite book|author=Gujarat (India)|title=Gazetteers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aFNuAAAAMAAJ&q=kadia+kumbhar|accessdate=21 February 2015|year=1984|publisher=Directorate of Government Print., Stationery and Publications|page=200}}</ref> Remarriage of divorcees and widows is accepted in the Kadia Kumbhar society.<ref name="(India)1984"/> Marriage between individuals of close relation is prohibited. They are mostly vegetarian in diet but some members, especially in South Gujarat, do eat non-vegetarian food.<ref>{{cite book|title=Census of India, 1961: Gujarat|date=1966|publisher=India. Office of the Registrar General, Manager of Publications|page=11|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TQAdAQAAMAAJ&q=kadia+kumbhar+claim+superiority|accessdate=6 March 2015}}</ref>

Before India gained independence, the Kadia Kumbhar sub-group was largely concentrated in the territory of the former [[Baroda State]],<ref name="Singh1996"/> [[Bhavnagar State]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=General |first1=India Office of the Registrar |title=Census of India, 1961: Gujarat |date=1966 |publisher=Manager of Publications |pages=11 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TQAdAQAAMAAJ&q=bhavnagar+Kadia+Kumbar |access-date=22 July 2021 |language=en}}</ref> and in the [[Diu, India|Diu]] territory of [[Portuguese India]].<ref name=brs>{{cite book|author1=Kumar Suresh Singh|author2=B. R. Solanki|author3=N. K. Sinha|author4=Jaime F. Pereira|title=Daman and Diu|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KRhkT8SjhD8C&pg=PA116|accessdate=21 February 2015|year=1994|publisher=Popular Prakashan|isbn=978-81-7154-761-6|pages=116–}}</ref> The first census of the community was taken in the year 1931.<ref name="Singh1996"/> Presently, they are found spread in towns and districts like [[Vadodara]], [[Amreli]], [[Navsari]], [[Kadi, India|Kadi]], [[Okha, Gujarat|Okha]], [[Kodinar]], [[Bhavnagar]], and [[Mahuva, Bhavnagar|Mahuva]], which towns were parts of these Princely States and Diu.<ref name=brs/> The community living in [[Talaja, Bhavnagar]] call them [[Gurjar]] Kshatriya Kadia Kumbhar.<ref>{{cite news |title=તળાજામાં ગુર્જર ક્ષત્રિય કડિયા કુંભાર જ્ઞાતિ દ્વારા સમારોહ |url=https://www.divyabhaskar.co.in/news/SAU-MAT-latest-talaja-news-043030-2333185-NOR.html |access-date=8 July 2022 |agency=DIVYA BHASKAR}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Social groups of Gujarat]]
[[Category:Indian castes]]
[[Category:Kumhar clans]]
[[Category:Hindu communities]]

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Ajay Kumar at 14:49, 23 July 2023