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Bagal (caste)

Bagal
Bagal women are returning from forest after collecting Sal leaves.
ReligionsFolk Hinduism
LanguagesL1Kudmali/ Bengali (Manbhumi dialect)[a]
L2Hindi, Odia, Bengali
CountryIndia
Populated statesJharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal
RegionBalasore, Mayurbhanj, Paschim Medinipur, Jhargram, Purulia, East Singhbhum, Sareikela Kharsawan
Related groupsBhumij,[b] Munda, Rajwar, Mahato
Historical groupingPastoralist Caste, Serving Caste, Aboriginal race, Tribal Hindu [c]

Bagal/Badgal (is a Bhagat Ravidass or Rohidass Families) is a cattle herding caste of India. Bagal people are living in the state of Jammu, Punjab, West Bengal, Jharkhand and Odisha.[2][3][4][5] They use Kudmali/ Manbhumi dialect of Bengali as their mother tongue (with local variations, labelled as Bagal Bhasa) and use Bengali, Hindi and Odia language to communicate with the outside society.[a]


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    • Senapati, Nilamani; Sahu, Nabin Kumar, eds. (1967). Orissa district Gazetteera: Mayurbhanj. Cuttack: The superintendent, Orissa Government Press. p. 109. Archived from the original on 22 October 2022. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
  6. ^ Miśhra, Prabodha Kumāra (2008). Oḍiā jātira itihāsa o saṃskr̥ti (in Odia). Vol. 2 (2nd ed.). Kaṭaka: Vidyāpurī. p. 179. ISBN 978-81-7411-656-7. OCLC 312097784. Archived from the original on July 1, 2021. Alt URL
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  8. ^ Singh, K. S.; India, Anthropological Survey of (1998). India's Communities. Oxford University Press. p. 166. ISBN 978-0-19-563354-2.
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  11. ^ Prasad, Biswa Nath; Shastri, Sudhakar Jha (1958). Linguistic Survey of the Sadar Subdivision Of Manbhum And Dhalbhum (First ed.). Bihar Rashtrabhasha Parishad, Patna. pp. 247–249, 407. Retrieved 12 October 2022.

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