thakor

{{Short description|Koli caste of Gujarat}}

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The Thakor Koli, or Thakarda Koli, is a subcaste of the Koli caste of Gujarat. Koli people form the largest caste-cluster in Gujarat, comprising 24 per cent of the total population of the state.{{Cite book |last=Shah |first=Ghanshyam |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Aou17T8KaEEC&q=Thakor+Koli&pg=PA297 |title=Caste and Democratic Politics in India |date=2004 |publisher=Permanent Black |isbn=978-81-7824-095-4}}{{Cite news |title=A community called Koli |url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/a-community-called-koli------------------------/214908/|access-date=2021-01-31|work= Indian Express}} Koli Thakors in Gujarat are classified as Other Backward Class (OBC). During his tenure, the former chief minister, Koli community member Madhav Singh Solanki, included all Koli communities of Gujarat in the OBC.{{Cite book |last=Lobo |first=Lancy |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1DBuAAAAMAAJ |title=The Thakors of North Gujarat: A Caste in the Village and the Region |date=1995 |publisher=Hindustan Publishing Corporation |isbn=978-81-7075-035-2 }} Koli Thakors are mostly cultivators or small land-owners.{{Cite news |title=A Community in Gujarat Has Banned Inter-Caste Marriage and Mobile Phones for Unmarried Girls |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/a-community-in-gujarat-india-has-banned-inter-caste-marriage-and-mobile-phones-for-unmarried-girls/ |access-date=2021-02-01 |work=Vice|date=18 July 2019 }}

{{Infobox tribe

|name=Thakor Koli

|type=Subcaste, or title of Koli caste

|image=File:Thakarda Koli.png

|caption=Photograph of Thakor Koli of Baroda State, 1911

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|location={{ubl|Gujarat

|Daman and Diu}}

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|parent_tribe=Koli people of Gujarat

|demonym=Thakor Koli

|branches=Chunvalia Koli

|language={{ubli|Wadiyara Koli language, other Koli languages |Gujarati |Hindi |English}}

|religion=Hinduism}}