Bhumihar
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 6 % of Bihari population[1] plus significant population in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, and West Bengal | |
| Languages | |
| Hindi, Bhojpuri, Magadhi, Maithili, Angika, Vajjika, Bundeli | |
| Religion | |
 Hinduism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Kanyakubja Brahmins, Jujhautiya Brahmins, Saryupareen Brahmins | |
Commonly called Babhan |
Bhumihar brahmin is a brahmin community in india.they also term as bhuinhar brahmin and magadh brahmin or magadh ke babhan.bhumihar brahmin in magadh region also know as babhan.Pujari-preist of ancient suryamandir of gaya aurangabad and most of the pandas of pryag, gaya,hazaribag are bhumihars from ancient time.Raja of kashi is bhumihar brahmin.Most of the bhumihars are very poor and they are even below poverty line but few of the bhumihars are good ahead in education,bussiness, job sector.Opposite to other brahmins bhumihar brahmins simply called themselves bhumihar.In present time many other castes peoples call themselves bhumihar who are not bhumihar.kanyakubj brahmin sabha 1926 and sarswat brahmin sabha 1927 recognised bhumihars as their part.Most of the Bhumihar are strict vegitarian.Bhumihar brahmins are highly endogamous and they marry within their caste.They are of strict brahmin values.[2]
a Hindu Brahmin community mainly found in the Indian states of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh.But in Jharkhand, Bengal, Bundelkhand region of Madhya Pradesh and Nepal they also present. [3][page needed]
There is also a significant migrant population of Bhumihars in Mauritius,[4] Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana. |title=Community Warriors: State, Peasants and Caste Armies in Bihar |first=Ashwani |last=Kumar |publisher=Anthem Press |year=2008 |isbn=9781843317098 |url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=num2I4NFGqIC&pg=125 |pages=125-126}}</ref>
- ^ Arun Kumar (25 January 2005). "Bhumihars rooted to the ground in caste politics". The Times of India. Retrieved 5 April 2008.
- ^ Yang, Anand A. (1989). The Limited Raj: Agrarian Relations in Colonial India, Saran District, 1793-1920. University of California Press. p. 44. ISBN 9780520057111.
- ^ Nedumpara, Jose J. Political Economy and Class Contradictions: A Study. Anmol. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
- ^ Thapan, Meenakshi, ed. (2005). Transnational Migration and the Politics of Identity. SAGE. p. 320. ISBN 978-0-7619-3425-7.