People of the Konkan Division
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The Konkan Division is the administrative division in the coastal region of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It has a diverse number of ethnic and religious communities.
Communities
[edit]- Agri
- Bhandari
- Neo-Buddhists
- Chitpavan
- Maratha
- Chaukalshi
- Daivadnya
- Kharvi
- Gaud Saraswat Brahmin
- Bombay East Indians
- Kayastha Prabhu
- Kunbi
- Vaishya vani
- Kupari
- Kumbhar
- Pathare Prabhu
- Somvanshi Kshatriya Pathare
- Samvedi Brahmin
- Konkani Muslims
- Siddis[1]
- Bene Israel
References
[edit]- ^ Shah, Anish M.; et al. (15 July 2011). "Indian Siddis: African Descendants with Indian Admixture". American Journal of Human Genetics 89 (1): 154–161. doi:10.1016/j.ajhg.2011.05.030. Retrieved 18 December 2012.