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The Uttarakhand Himalaya is sparsely populated. Population is mainly concentrated along the river valleys and the mid-altitudes. Literacy rate and level of education is comparatively higher. In rural areas of mountainous mainland, sex ratio is high. Although, population is growing yet, population growth rate is decreasing. Society is woven by various cults, castes and creeds, mainly Brahmins, Rajputs and Scheduled Caste People and their sub-castes. Besides, a group of people belong to Scheduled Tribes. Caste system prevailed during the past whereas, in due course of time, it has diluted. Occupational structure of all the segments of society has been changing from practicing agriculture to working in the service sector.
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Gotra denotes clan. It broadly refers to people who are descendents, an unbroken male line from a common male ancestor or patriline.
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Sarola Brahmins eat only self cooked Bhaat (rice) and also serve it to other caste people in all the auspicious occasions. Similarly, they don’t have marriage (Beti) relationship with other sub-groups of Brahmins.
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Than denotes the place of God and Sarola Brahmins belongs the Barah Thans.
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Notes on prevailing castes of Garhwal (1889).
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Yajmans are generally Rajputs and other lower caste people who are dependent on Brahmins for performing rituals and customs.
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Gazetteer of Himalaya (1882).
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A sacred threat put on the left side of neck and arm, as Brahmin clan wears it.
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Blood samples of the members of each tribe were tested by Dr. Venu Gopal and Dr. Harshvardhan of the Anthropological Survey of India.
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When the solar radiations fall vertically on the Tropic of Capricorn.
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When the solar radiations fall vertically on the Tropic of Cancer.
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Aine Akbari is a detailed administrative record of Akbar’s empire written by Abul Fazl.
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Registrar General of India, New Delhi.
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Sati, V.P. (2020). Population, Social and Economic Change. In: Himalaya on the Threshold of Change . Advances in Global Change Research, vol 66. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14180-6_8
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