No, They are originated from the ''Kshatriya'' community ,as the koshtis were originally soldiers ,who fought in the army of the Peshwas and Tipu Sultan kingdoms. Commonly known as the Raghuvanshis or Kushwanshis, they have now adopted different occupations, mainly weaving and trading.
They commonly worship the Devi of Kolhapur or Badami. There are many sub-castes of Koshtis- The Devangan Koshtis, Gujjar Koshtis, Jain Koshtis, Lad Koshtis, Halba Koshtis, and Maratha Koshtis- are the common ones.
Update: NO, Halba Koshti Community now comes under SBC Category i.e. Special Backward Class.
No. "Paunikar"/"Pounikar" is a Sub-Caste (being used as a �पनाम/Surname or ��त�र/Gotra), which belongs to the Koshti Caste/Community. The Koshti Commnity comes under Backward Class : SBC/OBC. The persons belonging to Koshti Caste/Community are not entitled for any benefit of reservation w.e.f. 28/11/2000 under ST Category.Subject:- Appointment of candidates belonging to Halba Koshti/Halbi Koshti/Koshti caste against vacancies reserved for the Scheduled Tribes - Implementation of judgement of the Supreme Court in the case of State of Maharashtra Vs. Milind and Ors.
It is a schedule Tribe of Jharkhand
No they are bania belong to vaishya community
No, it is categorized under Special Backward caste based on financial status by the Govt. of India. In the Hindu varna system it might be placed under a higher caste. There are many tales regarding the origin of Koshti, some which believe it to be a Kshatriya community and some which believe it to be a Vysya. This community does not show any characteristic features of a tribe and hence cannot be categorized under schedules tribes, as per the research conducted by Pune University.
yes kharia caste are schedule tribe in Bihar & Jharkhand. I do's no status of other state
kushwaha are belong to rajputs
No lohar belong to bc
no
Total -79 constituencies for Schedule Caste and 41 for Schedule Tribe.....
No...Bokade surname belongs to Rajapur Saraswat belongs to Brahmin. It is comes under Atri gotra and also write as BOKDE. Now this brahmin category comes under OBC because of disseminated throughout the Southern India.
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Amatya's are newars, the are regarded as the warrior of Newars.