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{{{caste_name}}}
{{{caste_name_in_local}}}
[[File:{{{image}}}|{{{image_size}}}|alt={{{alt}}}]]
{{{caption}}}
Abbreviation{{{abbreviation}}}
Jāti{{{jati}}}
Classification{{{classification}}}
Gotra{{{gotra}}}
Veda{{{veda}}}
Kuladevta (male){{{kula_daivat}}}
Kuladevi (female){{{kula_devi}}}
Guru{{{guru}}}
Mantra{{{mantra}}}
Nishan{{{nishan}}}
Devak{{{devak}}}
Religions{{{religions}}}
Languages{{{languages}}}
Country{{{country}}}
Original state{{{state}}}
Populated states{{{populated_states}}}
Region{{{region}}}
Ethnicity{{{ethnicity}}}
Migration to India{{{India_migration}}}
Population{{{population}}}
Family names{{{family_names}}}
Feudal title{{{feudal_title}}}
Heraldic title{{{heraldic_title}}}
Lineage{{{lineage}}}
Color{{{color}}}
Throne{{{throne}}}
Victory weapon{{{victory_weapon}}}
Endogamous{{{endogamous}}}
Notable members{{{notable_members}}}
Subdivisions{{{subdivisions}}}
Related groups{{{related}}}
Historical grouping{{{historical_grouping}}}
Disputed grouping{{{disputed_grouping}}}
Status{{{status}}}
Reservation (Education){{{education_reservation}}}
Reservation (Employment){{{employment_reservation}}}
Reservation (Other){{{other_reservation}}}
Kingdom (original){{{original_kingdom}}}
Kingdom (other){{{other_kingdom}}}
Website{{{official_website}}}
Notes
{{{footnotes}}}
{{infobox caste
| caste_name             =
| caste_name_in_local    = 
| image                  =
| image_size             =
| alt                    =
| caption                = 
| abbreviation           =
| varna                  =
| jati                   =
| classification         =
| gotra                  =
| veda                   =
| kula_daivat            =
| kula_devi              =
| guru                   =
| mantra                 =
| nishan                 =
| devak                  =
| religions              = 
| languages              = 
| country                = 
| state                  = 
| populated_states       = 
| region                 = 
| ethnicity              = 
| India_migration        = 
| population             =
| family_names           = 
| feudal_title           = 
| heraldic_title         = 
| lineage                =
| color                  =
| throne                 =
| victory_weapon         =
| endogamous             =
| notable_members        = 
| subdivisions           = 
| related                =
| historical_grouping    =
| disputed_grouping      =
| status                 =
| education_reservation  =
| employment_reservation =
| other_reservation      =
| original_kingdom       =
| other_kingdom          =
| official_website       = 
| footnotes              = 
}}

Notes

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All parameters are optional.

religions
languages
Marathi, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Sanskrit.pansion (example from an article in Category:Maratha clans)
country
state
populated_states
region
ethnicity
example: Indo-sythian
India_migration
1st century C.E
population
family_names
Ideally a link to a list such as the "List of Deshastha Brahmin surnames", Bhoite (alternately Bhoeete, Bhati) - example from an article in Category:Maratha clans
feudal_title
Examples: Deshmukh, Patil, Patel, etc.
heraldic_title
Brahmavarma (example from an article in Category:Maratha clans)
notable_members
example: Sharad Pawar
subdivisions
Vadama, Vāthima, Brahacharnam, Dīkshitar, etc., (example from Iyer
related
Associated castes, elasticities and sub-groups: Pancha-Dravida Brahmins, Tamil people, Iyengar, Madhwa (example from Iyer
footnotes

Microformat

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The HTML mark-up produced by this template includes an hCard microformat that makes an organization's details readily parsable by computer programs. This aids tasks such as the cataloguing of articles and maintenance of databases. For more information about the use of microformats on Wikipedia, please visit the Microformat WikiProject.

Subtemplates

Please do not remove instances of these subtemplates.

Classes used

The HTML classes of this microformat include:

  • adr
  • agent
  • category
  • country-name
  • extended-address
  • fn
  • geo
  • label
  • latitude
  • locality
  • longitude
  • nickname
  • note
  • org
  • region
  • street-address
  • url
  • vcard
Please do not rename or remove these classes
nor collapse nested elements which use them.

TemplateData

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This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for this template in articles based on this TemplateData.

TemplateData for Infobox caste

No description.

Template parameters

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
caste_namecaste_name

no description

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caste_name_in_localcaste_name_in_local

no description

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native_namenative_name

no description

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imageimage

no description

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image_sizeimage_size

no description

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altalt

no description

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captioncaption

no description

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abbreviationabbreviation

no description

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varnavarna

no description

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jatijati

no description

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classificationclassification

no description

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gotragotra

no description

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vedaveda

no description

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kula_daivatkula_daivat

no description

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kula_devikula_devi

no description

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guruguru

no description

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mantramantra

no description

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nishannishan

no description

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devakdevak

no description

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religionsreligions

no description

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languageslanguages

no description

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countrycountry

no description

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statestate

no description

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populated_statespopulated_states

no description

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regionregion

no description

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ethnicityethnicity

no description

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India_migrationIndia_migration

no description

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populationpopulation

no description

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family_namesfamily_names

no description

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feudal_titlefeudal_title

no description

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heraldic_titleheraldic_title

no description

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lineagelineage

no description

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colorcolor

no description

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thronethrone

no description

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victory_weaponvictory_weapon

no description

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endogamousendogamous

no description

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notable_membersnotable_members

no description

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subdivisionssubdivisions

no description

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relatedrelated

no description

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historical_groupinghistorical_grouping

no description

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disputed_groupingdisputed_grouping

no description

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statusstatus

no description

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education_reservationeducation_reservation

no description

Unknownoptional
employment_reservationemployment_reservation

no description

Unknownoptional
other_reservationother_reservation

no description

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original_kingdomoriginal_kingdom

no description

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other_kingdomother_kingdom

no description

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official_websiteofficial_website

no description

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footnotesfootnotes

no description

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Examples

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Maratha

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Maratha
ReligionsHinduism
Languages[1]
CountryIndia
Populated statesMajority:
Maharashtra
Minority:
Goa,
Karnataka,
Telangana,
Madhya Pradesh
Gujarat
RegionWestern India
Central India
{{Infobox caste
| caste_name       = Maratha
| country          = India
| region           = [[Western India]]<br />[[Central India]]
| populated_states = Majority:<br />[[Maharashtra]]<br />Minority:<br />[[Goa]],<br />[[Karnataka]],<br />[[Telangana]],<br />[[Madhya Pradesh]]<br />[[Gujarat]]
| languages        = {{unbulleted list|[[Marathi language|Marathi]]|[[Konkani]]}}<ref>{{cite book |last1=Enthoven |first1=Reginald Edward |title=The Tribes and Castes of Bombay |date=1922 |publisher=Printed at the Government central Press |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R11OAQAAMAAJ&q=The%20Tribes%20and%20Castes%20of%20Bombay,%20vol.2,%20by%20R.%20E.%20Enthoven}}</ref>
| religions        = [[Hinduism]]
| image            = 
| caption          = 
}}

Rajput

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Infobox caste/doc
ClassificationForward caste
(except in Karnataka)
ReligionsHinduism, Islam and Sikhism[2][3]
LanguagesHindustani (Hindi-Urdu, Haryanvi, Bundeli, Chhattisgarhi), Rajasthani, (Marwari, Mewari), Bihari (Bhojpuri,[4] Maithili[5]), Gujarati, Sindhi, Punjabi, Marathi, Pahari (Dogri)
CountryIndia and Pakistan
RegionRajasthan, Haryana, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Eastern Punjab, Western Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jammu and Kashmir, Azad Kashmir, Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra,[6] and Sindh
{{Infobox caste
| region           = [[Rajasthan]], [[Haryana]], [[Gujarat]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[Punjab, India|Eastern Punjab]], [[Punjab, Pakistan|Western Punjab]], [[Himachal Pradesh]], [[Uttarakhand]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]], [[Azad Kashmir]], [[Bihar]], [[Jharkhand]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[Maharashtra]],<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=78rfCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA217 |page=217 |title=Rise of the Plebeians?: The Changing Face of the Indian Legislative Assemblies (Exploring the Political in South Asia) |editor1=Christophe Jaffrelot |editor2=Sanjay Kumar |author=Rajendra Vora |publisher=Routledge India |year=2009 |isbn=9781136516627 |quote=[In Maharashtra]The Lingayats, the Gujjars and the Rajputs are three other important castes which belong to the intermediate category. The lingayats who hail from north Karnataka are found primarily in south Maharashtra and Marthwada while Gujjars and Rajputs who migrated centuries ago from north India have settled in north Maharashtra districts.}}</ref> and [[Sindh]]
| languages        = [[Hindustani language|Hindustani]] ([[Hindi]]-[[Urdu]], [[Haryanvi]], [[Bundeli language|Bundeli]], [[Chhattisgarhi language|Chhattisgarhi]]), [[Rajasthani language|Rajasthani]], ([[Marwari language|Marwari]], [[Mewari language|Mewari]]), [[Bihari languages|Bihari]] ([[Bhojpuri language|Bhojpuri]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TcvjAAAAMAAJ&q=bhojpuri+language+rajput |title=Folk-lore, Volume 21 |access-date=9 April 2017 |pages=79 |year=1980}}</ref> [[Maithili language|Maithili]]<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gZDXAAAAMAAJ&q=Maithila |title=Samaskaras in Indian Tradition and Culture |access-date=4 March 2017 |pages=195 |isbn=9788175411401 |last1=Roy |first1=Ramashray |date=1 January 2003}}</ref>), [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], [[Sindhi language|Sindhi]], [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]], [[Marathi language|Marathi]], [[Western Pahari language|Pahari]] ([[Dogri language|Dogri]])
| religions        = [[Hinduism]], [[Islam]] and [[Sikhism]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cohen |first1=Stephen Philip |title=The idea of Pakistan |date=2006 |publisher=Brookings Institution Press |location=Washington, D.C. |isbn=978-0815715030 |pages=35–36 |edition=Rev. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=42XRDAAAQBAJ&q=pakistan+RAJPUT+tribe+conversion&pg=PP1 |access-date=18 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Lieven |first1=Anatol |title=Pakistan a hard country |date=2011 |publisher=PublicAffairs |location=New York |isbn=9781610390231 |edition=1st |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=exBKSo-Pf6cC&q=pakistan+punjab+rajput+feudal&pg=PT6 |access-date=18 July 2017}}</ref>
| country = [[India]] and [[Pakistan]]
| classification   = [[Forward caste]]<br>(except in [[Karnataka]])
}}

Yadav

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Infobox caste/doc
LanguagesHindi, Urdu, Haryanvi, Punjabi, Telugu, Tamil, Gujarati, Rajasthani, Bhojpuri, Marwari, Kannada, Odia, Bengali
RegionUttar Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, West Bengal, Assam, Odisha Bihar, Jharkhand, Nepal Delhi, Mauritius, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh
{{Infobox caste
| region           = [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[Punjab]], [[Rajasthan]], [[Gujarat]], [[Himachal Pradesh]], [[Haryana]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[Telangana]], [[West Bengal]], [[Assam]], [[Odisha]] [[Bihar]], [[Jharkhand]], [[Nepal]] [[Delhi]], [[Mauritius]], [[Karnataka]], [[Kerala]], [[Madhya Pradesh]]
| languages        = [[Hindi]], [[Urdu]], [[Haryanvi language|Haryanvi]], [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]], [[Telugu language|Telugu]], [[Tamil language|Tamil]], [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], [[Rajasthani language|Rajasthani]], [[Bhojpuri language|Bhojpuri]], [[Marwari language|Marwari]], [[Kannada language|Kannada]], [[Odia language|Odia]], [[Bengali language|Bengali]]
}}

Tracking category

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  1. Enthoven, Reginald Edward (1922). The Tribes and Castes of Bombay. Printed at the Government central Press.
  2. Cohen, Stephen Philip (2006). The idea of Pakistan (Rev. ed.). Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press. pp. 35–36. ISBN 978-0815715030. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  3. Lieven, Anatol (2011). Pakistan a hard country (1st ed.). New York: PublicAffairs. ISBN 9781610390231. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  4. "Folk-lore, Volume 21". 1980. p. 79. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  5. Roy, Ramashray (1 January 2003). Samaskaras in Indian Tradition and Culture. p. 195. ISBN 9788175411401. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  6. Rajendra Vora (2009). Christophe Jaffrelot; Sanjay Kumar (eds.). Rise of the Plebeians?: The Changing Face of the Indian Legislative Assemblies (Exploring the Political in South Asia). Routledge India. p. 217. ISBN 9781136516627. [In Maharashtra]The Lingayats, the Gujjars and the Rajputs are three other important castes which belong to the intermediate category. The lingayats who hail from north Karnataka are found primarily in south Maharashtra and Marthwada while Gujjars and Rajputs who migrated centuries ago from north India have settled in north Maharashtra districts.