Charodi or Nayak, is a community from Karnataka state in India.[1] They are usually called Achari or Charodi in North Karnataka and Nayak or Mestha in South Karnataka.[2] Their traditional work is carpentry.[2] They are included in other backward class communities of Karnataka in post-independent India.[3][4]
They as per their tales, they migrated from Goa via a sea route to coastal Karnataka.[2]
History and religion edit
During the British Raj they were included among the "Denotified Tribes" of India.[3]
They are generally followers of Sringeri Matha.[2]
References edit
- ^ Identity, ecology, social organization, economy, linkages and development process: a quantitative profile by Kumar Suresh Singh. Anthropological Survey of India. 1996. p. 113,144. ISBN 978-0-19-563353-5.
- ^ a b c d Karnataka State gazetteer, Volume 13. Printed by the Director of Print, Stationery and Publications at the Govt. Press. 1973. p. 101.
- ^ a b A socio-history of ex-criminal communities OBCs by Shyam Singh Shashi, P. S. Varma. Sundeep Prakashan. 1991. p. 188. ISBN 9788185067698.
- ^ "Central list of OBCs for the state of Karnataka"
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