Bhoi

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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 system of India, and were historically subjected to untouchability.{{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}}{{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–}} Traditionally, they are blowers of conch shells (Shankha) in Hindu rituals, and work as agricultural labourers.{{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}}{{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}}

In Gujarat, their traditional occupations include acting as palanquin-bearers.{{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}}

The Bhoi are also found in Assam.{{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}}

"Bhoi" or "Bhoimul" was also a functional title provided to writers of Odisha belonging to Karan community.{{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}}