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The '''Bhoi''' (also known as '''Bauri''') is an ethnic community found in [[Odisha]] who speak the [[Odia language]]. They are classified as a [[Scheduled Caste]] (SC) according to [[Reservation in India|Reservation system of India]], and were historically subjected to [[untouchability]].<ref name="User">{{cite web | last= | first=| title=Bhoi | website=Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Research and Training Institute| url=http://www.scstrti.in/index.php/communities/sc-communities/108-sc-communities/344-bhoi |location =[[Bhubaneswar]] | access-date=2021-07-12}}</ref><ref name="Mohanty2003">{{cite book|author=Ramesh P. Mohanty|title=Dalits Development and Change: An Empirical Study|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tMCEOmVXhLkC&pg=PR15|year=2003|publisher=Discovery Publishing House|isbn=978-81-7141-696-7|pages=15–}}</ref> Traditionally, they are blowers of conch shells ([[Shankha]]) in Hindu rituals, and work as [[agricultural labourer]]s.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sg.inflibnet.ac.in/jspui/bitstream/10603/189767/11/11_chapter%25204.pdf |title=sg.inflibnet.ac.in |format= |work= |accessdate=}}{{cite web | title=Bhoi | website=Home | url=http://www.scstrti.in/index.php/communities/sc-communities/108-sc-communities/344-bhoi | access-date=2020-08-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Dalits Development and Change: An Empirical Study |first=Ramesh P. |last=Mohanty |publisher=Discovery Publishing House |year=2003 |isbn=978-8-17141-696-7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tMCEOmVXhLkC&pg=PR7 |page=vii}}</ref>

In [[Gujarat]], their traditional occupations include acting as [[palanquin]]-bearers.<ref>{{cite book |chapter=kshatriya, the brave and Social Change in Gujarat |title=Dimensions of Social Life: Essays in Honor of David G. Mandelbaum |editor-first=Paul |editor-last=Hockings |publisher=Walter de Gruyter |year=1987 |isbn=978-3-11084-685-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ERQp5YCXiWsC&pg=PA499 |page=499}}</ref>

The Bhoi are also found in [[Assam]].<ref>{{cite book |title=North-East India: Land, People and Economy |first1=Kamal Ramprit |last1=Dikshit |first2=Jutta K. |last2=Dikshit |publisher=Springer Science & Business Media |year=2013 |isbn=978-9-40077-055-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iorHBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA370 |page=370}}</ref>

"Bhoi" or "Bhoimul" was also a functional title provided to writers of [[Odisha]] belonging to [[Karan (caste)|Karan]] community.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Patnaik |first=Nihar Ranjan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1AA9W9_4Z9gC&dq=bhoi+karan+caste&pg=PA155 |title=Economic History of Orissa |date=1997 |publisher=Indus Publishing |isbn=978-81-7387-075-0 |language=en}}</ref>

==Notes==
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[[Category:Social groups of Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Social groups of Gujarat]]
[[Category:Fishing castes]]
[[Category:Social groups of Odisha]]

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