Hari caste
title: "Hari caste" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["bengali-hindu-castes", "scheduled-tribes-of-west-bengal", "social-groups-of-west-bengal"] topic_path: "society/religion" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hari_caste" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| image | [[File:Hari scavenger.jpg]] |
| image_caption | Hari scavenger, from a 1799 collection of etchings |
| total | |
| total_year | |
| total_source | |
| total_ref | |
| total1 | |
| total1_year | |
| total1_source | |
| total1_ref | |
| regions | |
| region1 | West Bengal |
| pop1 | 390,619 (2001) |
| region3 | |
| pop3 | |
| ref3 | |
| languages | Bengali |
| religions | Hinduism |
| :: |
| group = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = [[File:Hari scavenger.jpg]] | image_caption = Hari scavenger, from a 1799 collection of etchings | image_alt = | image_uprigh = | total = | total_year = | total_source = | total_ref = | total1 = | total1_year = | total1_source = | total1_ref = | genealogy = | regions =
| region1 = West Bengal | pop1 = 390,619 (2001) | ref1 = | region2 = | pop2 = | ref2 = | region3 = | pop3 = | ref3 = | languages = Bengali | religions = Hinduism | related_groups = | footnotes = The Haṛi (Bengali: হাড়ি) is a scavenger caste of indigenous origin found in the Indian state of West Bengal and Bangladesh. The Haris numbered 390,619 in the 2001 census and were 2.1 per cent of the scheduled caste population of West Bengal. 49.5 per cent of the Haris were literate – 61.6 per cent males and 36.8 per cent females were literate.
References
References
- Srivastava, B. N.. (1997). "Manual Scavenging in India: A Disgrace to the Country". Concept Publishing Company.
- "West Bengal, Census of India 2001, Data Highlights – The Scheduled Castes". Office of the Registrar General, India.
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