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Bedia (caste)

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The Bedia are a community in India. They believe that they originally lived on Mohdipahar of Hazaribagh district and have descended from the union of Vedbansi prince with a Munda girl. A legend has heard that they had their own 'Vedas' and hence it is called Bediya. Their Veda was different from the Vedas of Aryans, which were destroyed by the Aryans.[1]

Present circumstances

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The Bedia who have settled down in West Bengal, are also known as the Bede or Bedia. They speak in Nagpuri, an Indo-Aryan language, at home and Bengali for inter-group communication. The Bengali and Devanagari scripts are used.[1]

The 2011 Census of India for Uttar Pradesh, where they were classified as a Scheduled Caste under the name Beriya, showed their population as 46,775.[2] In Jharkhand, they are listed as Scheduled Tribe.[3]

Clans

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They have numbers of exogamous clans such as Pecha (owl), Mahua (Madhuca India), Suia (parrot),Kachhua (tortoise), Chidra (squirrel) etc.[3] Their deity are Bad Pahari and Palcharu. They celebrate festivals such as Jitiya, Sohrai, Fagun, Sarhul.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Bedia". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ^ "A-10 Individual Scheduled Caste Primary Census Abstract Data and its Appendix - Uttar Pradesh". Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  3. ^ a b c Saswatik Tripathy, Aditi Khan (2018). "A Study on the Bedia Community of the Village Nagrabera, Jharkhand": 1. Retrieved 29 October 2022. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)