Puran (caste)

{{Short description|Caste group of East India}}

Puran (Bhanja Puran or Tamudia Puran) is a caste group of East India. They are primarily inhabitants of Odisha, West Bengal and Jharkhand.{{Cite web |title=Youngest woman candidate on mission to improve life of poor |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/2019/apr/10/youngest-woman-candidate-on-mission-to-improve-life-of-poor-1962566.html |access-date=2022-09-20 |website=The New Indian Express}} They are currently considered as Other Backward Class,{{cite report |url=http://www.ncbc.nic.in/Writereaddata/cl/orissa.pdf |title=Central OBC list of Odisha |website=ncbc.nic.in}} but Jharkhand and Odisha government proposed to include in Scheduled Tribes list.{{cite web|title= Inclusion of "Puran" community in the list of STs in the State of Jharkhand. |url=https://www.ncst.nic.in/sites/default/files/recommendations_proposals_views/inclusion_puran_jharkhand_140320143868735186.pdf |website=National Commission for Scheduled Tribes}}{{Cite report |url=https://repository.tribal.gov.in/bitstream/123456789/73893/1/SCST_2018_research_0080.pdf |title=Empirical Ethnographic Study on the Social Status of PURAN (BHANJA PURAN and TAMUDIA PURAN) community of Mayurbhanj district of Odisha |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210814032713/https://repository.tribal.gov.in/bitstream/123456789/73893/1/SCST_2018_research_0080.pdf |archive-date=August 14, 2021 |url-status=live |year=2018 |website=repository.tribal.gov.in}}

{{Infobox caste|caste_name=Puran|classification=OBC|state= Odisha, West Bengal, Jharkhand|country=India}}