Which caste is known as Thakur? - Daily Justnow (2023)

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What caste is thakur in India? ›

Who are the Thakurs? In the caste-based structure of Indian society, Thakurs stand right below the Brahmins and belong to what is known as the warrior caste. Anthropologists say Thakurs and Rajputs are almost synonymous with each other. The community is also the predominant landowners in large parts of north India.

Das noted that while the word thakur means "god", it is also used to refer to the father-in-law of a woman. It is also used for a Brahmin, Rajput,Charan, and Koli.

Thakurs are upper-caste Rajputs. They are a dominant landowning caste. Thakur is a term of respect used in different ways. It is sometimes used to describe Brahmins.

Rajput, an Indian caste also known by the name "Thakur" Thakur village, a residential locality in Mumbai, India.

The Hindu Thakur have assumed the religious views of life current in Hindu philosophy. Their folklore reveals glimpses into Vedantic philosophy and reflects the fatalistic passivism of the Indian way of life. In their dancing songs, prayers are offered to Shankar, Parvati, and other deities of the Hindu pantheon.

Rajput (from Sanskrit raja-putra meaning "son of a king"; also called Thakur) is a large multi-component cluster of castes, kin bodies, and local groups, sharing social status and ideology of genealogical descent originating from the Indian subcontinent.

Thakur surname is use by Bhumihar, Maithili Brahmin, Hazam (Barber community) and also by Bengali. Thakur is used by a number of Hindu castes but most prominently by the Rajputs of Uttar Pradesh.

“I seriously don't know who started naming me Lord. But I am sure it started in a home series against England after we returned from Australia just before the IPL. I got a lot of wickets, two consecutive wickets in an over. From there, the name arrived,” Shardul Thakur told BCCI.

Thakur is a Sikh Boy name, meaning of the name is "God, Leader" from Sikh origin.

According to the Marathi Encyclopedia, this name refers to the people who are mainly in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Punjab, and Kashmir. They can be found among the ranks of Muslims, Hindus, Sikhs, and even Buddhists.

Is Thakur scheduled tribe in Maharashtra? ›

Thakar is an Adiwasi (tribe) of Maharashtra, India. The tribe originally living in the hilly areas of Sahyadri Mountain as a whole is now found all over Maharashtra scattered in search of a livelihood over a long period of time over recent centuries of colonization and industrialisation.

THAKURS – These are the descendants of Lord Jhulelal. They are the official Brahmins of the Sindhi community.

Thakur or Thakore is a feudal title and a surname used by upper class communities in India and Nepal.

Born in a family belonging to the Nai (barber) caste that constitute less than 1.5 % of Bihar's population, Thakur managed to occupy the centre stage of the socialist party and backward caste politics in Bihar between 1960 to 1987.

The Thakurai are a Muslim Rajput community found in the state of Bihar in India. They are mostly concentrated around [East and West Champaran District ] the surrounding region. A small number are also found in the Terai region of Nepal.

For the record, CJI Thakur is non-vegetarian.

Muslim Rajputs are the descendants of Rajputs in the northern regions of the Indian subcontinent who are followers of Islam. They converted from Hinduism to Islam from the medieval period onwards, retaining Hindu surnames such as Rana and Chauhan.

ANITA D/O SANJAY CHAVAN V. THE SCHEDULED TRIBES CASTE CERTIFICATE SCRUTINY COMMITTEE. The Sub-Divisional Officer, Washim, awarded caste certificates to the petitioners from the Thakur-scheduled tribe.

A hierarchical system wherein generally the Brahmins were at the head of the hierarchy, but this hierarchy was disputed in some cases. In various linguistic areas, hundreds of castes had a gradation generally acknowledged by everyone.

Which caste is higher Brahmin or Rajput? ›

Brahmin is the highest Varna in Vedic Hinduism.

They are also known as the Kulina Kayasthas. The Kayasthas are regarded in Bengal, along with the Brahmins and Baidyas, as being the "highest Hindu castes". The Bengali Kayasthas are subdivided into numerous clans in that region, of which the Kulin is a high-ranking example.

Bengali Brahmin surnames include Banerjee, Bagchi, Bhaduri, Bhattacharjee, Chakraborty, Chatterjee, Ganguly, Goswami, Ghoshal, Lahiri, Maitra, Mukherjee, Sanyal, etc. A Brahmin name is often the name of the clan or gotra, but can be an honorific, such as Chakraborty or Bhattacharya.

Etymology. Borrowed from Hindi ठाकुर (ṭhākur), a historical feudal title of the Indian subcontinent.

Meaning and Origin of: Thakur

Indian (northern states) : Hindu name meaning 'deity', 'god', 'lord' in modern Indian languages, from Sanskrit or Middle Indo-Aryan ̣thakkura. Compare Thakkar. Although this name is commonly associated with Kshatriyas, it is also found among Brahmans and other communities.

“Only two [Beefy and Bull] of those are my nicknames. Lord is just a meme, started on social media,” Thakur had said during a virtual press conference last year. Thakur being called Lord can be termed as a replica of India all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja being called “Sir” by fans.

Most regrettably, Dalit Sikhs – like their counterparts in the Hindu caste hierarchy – are placed on the lowest rung of the Sikh caste hierarchy.

Upper-Caste includes Khatri, Arora, Brahmin, and Rajput Sikhs. Mid-Caste includes tribes like the Saini, Tarkhan, Kamboj, etc. Low-Caste includes the weaver, barber, washer tribes.

Traditionally used by the Hindu Kshatriya community, it eventually became a common surname adopted by different communities including Rajputs, Jats, Bhumihars, Koeri, Dusadh, Gurjars, Yadavs and Sikhs.

A hierarchical system wherein generally the Brahmins were at the head of the hierarchy, but this hierarchy was disputed in some cases. In various linguistic areas, hundreds of castes had a gradation generally acknowledged by everyone.

Why are Rajputs so proud? ›

The Rajput rulers were extremely proud when it came to accepting death over defeat. For them dying on the battlefield is easier than admitting defeat. Even the women proudly accepted “sati” if their husbands died, but would never capitulate to any other man.

Kshatriyas:

They comprise very powerful castes as they are traditionally warriors and play a major role in defence. However, the role of defence is now largely submerged under the rule of land ownership. When castes form large majorities in a village, the village is generally known by the jati name of the Kshatriyas.

The study concluded that about 83% of the Brahmins in the dataset belonged to four major haplogroups, of which two emerged from Central Asia, one from the Fertile Crescent, and one was of an indigenous Indian origin. Keywords: Brahmin; Haplogroup; Haplotype; India; Y-DNA; Y-chromosome.

Of India's four major religious groups, Sikhs on average are the wealthiest, by a wide margin. Approximately six-in-ten Sikh households fall in the highest wealth quintile, according to the NFHS wealth index, which includes measures such as whether a household has certain appliances and where it obtains drinking water.

These four castes are the Brahmins (priests, teachers), Kshatriyas (rulers, warriors), Vaishyas (landowners, merchants) and Sudras (servants), and the 5^th group is the group of the untouchables, called Dalits.