Chasa (caste)

Chasa
Religions	Hinduism
Languages	Odia
Populated states	Odisha
Subdivisions	Odachasa, Odapadhan

Chasa is a community from the Indian state of Odisha. Chasas were traditionally cultivators, but are now engaged in several professions. The Odia word chasa means farmer.[1]

Classification

Chasas are classified under OBC category in Odisha. Risley notes that, since the caste system is not practiced as per the Varna model he was idolizing, it was possible for outsiders to become Chasas, and wealthy Chasas who took up the title Mohanty could marry into Kayastha families.[2]

References

Nab Kishore Behura; Ramesh P. Mohanty (1 January 2005). Family Welfare in India: A Cross-cultural Study. Discovery Publishing House. p. 43. ISBN 978-81-7141-920-3.
Hewitt, J. F. (April 1893). "Art. VII.–The Tribes and Castes of Bengal, by H. H. Risley. Vols. I. and II. Ethnographic Glossary, Vols. I. and II. Anthropometric Data". Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland. 25 (2): 237–300. doi:10.1017/s0035869x00022395. ISSN 0035-869X.

External links

http://www.bcmbcmw.tn.gov.in/obc/faq/orrisa.pdf

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[1] Nab Kishore Behura; Ramesh P. Mohanty (1 January 2005). Family Welfare in India: A Cross-cultural Study. Discovery Publishing House. p. 43. ISBN 978-81-7141-920-3.

[2] Hewitt, J. F. (April 1893). "Art. VII.–The Tribes and Castes of Bengal, by H. H. Risley. Vols. I. and II. Ethnographic Glossary, Vols. I. and II. Anthropometric Data". Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland. 25 (2): 237–300. doi:10.1017/s0035869x00022395. ISSN 0035-869X.