Jaggali
chakali, Jakkali | |
|---|---|
| Total population | |
| Andhra Pradesh - 695, Telangana - 2579, Odisha -5854, Karnataka - 12,411 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Andhrapradesh, Odisha, Telagana, Karnataka | |
| Languages | |
| Telugu, Oriya ,Kannada | |
| Religion | |
| Hindu,Christian | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Schedule Caste |
The Jaggali people are mostly Hindu religious believers.[1] They are a schedule caste in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Odissa, Karnataka, whose native language is Oriya, They are from Odissa, who speak Telugu, they are from Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. They have a very low status; most Hindus consider them to be inferior.[2] The Hindu religious creation commission defined lower classes in as unclear a fashion as in origin.[3] These castes seem to be partly functional, comprising those who followed occupations held to be unclean or demeaning, such as scavenging or leather working, and part of tribal, aboriginal tribes into the Hindu and transformed into an impure caste.[4][5][6]
History
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India has thousands of communities and sub-communities that have been in existence and practice since the Vedic times. They were created to solve the type of work people belong to the Jaggali caste do or did in earlier times.[7] The Jaggali community category of Shudra is the class that serves other upper community categories. Jaggali community is also known as Jaggali Gotra. Jaggali is the Sanskrit name (satkuzhi) for "one who eats too much meat" or "one who eats cattle meat". The community is also called Jaggali or Jakkali.[8]
Occupation
[edit]They are mainly Agricultural Labour, farm servants, beedi workers, and tendu leaf collectors. The leather workers of the Jaggali community were dependent on the Agricultural community for caresses to produce leather chappals.[9]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Castes and Tribes of Southern India/Jaggāli - Wikisource, the free online library". en.wikisource.org. Retrieved 2026-09-01.
- ↑ Reddy, G. Samba Siva (2011). "Dethroning Dominace: Caste Associations in Colonial Andhra, 1901-1947". Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. 72. Indian History Congress: 769–780. ISSN 2249-1937.
- ↑ Goghari, Vina M.; Kusi, Mavis (2023). "An introduction to the basic elements of the caste system of India". Frontiers in Psychology. 14 1210577. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1210577. ISSN 1664-1078. PMC 10764522. PMID 38179495.
- ↑ Ramaswamy, Uma (1974). "Self-Identity among Scheduled Castes: A Study of Andhra". Economic and Political Weekly. 9 (47). Economic and Political Weekly: 1959–1964. ISSN 0012-9976.
- ↑ "List of Scheduled Castes in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana", Wikipedia, 2026-05-13, retrieved 2026-09-01
- ↑ K. S. Singh, ed. (1992). People of India: Andhra Pradesh. Anthropological Survey of India. p. 704.
- ↑ admin. "Jaggali Caste Definition – Caste". Retrieved 2026-09-01.
- ↑ Satyanarayana, A. (1993). "Land, Caste and Dominance in Andhra Pradesh". Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. 54. Indian History Congress: 641–644. ISSN 2249-1937.
- ↑ K., Srinivasulu. "Caste, Class and Social Articulation in Andhra Pradesh: Mapping Differential Regional Trajectories" (PDF).