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Caste name on Khatiyan documents in UP & Jharkhand?

What caste name is mentioned for our community in the khatiyan or farmland documents in UP and Jharkhand?

I haven't seen the khatiyan or mal guzari documents of my own family as my grandfather still handles it, but from what people have said is that our caste name was always written as Babhan or Bhumihar Brahman. However, as you guys might have heard that the practice to write only Bhumihar started in 2015 when Nitish Kumar came to power without BJP in 2015. Vijay Kumar Sinha has recently given an order to go back to the original name used for the community, so lets see how it goes.

I want to know whether caste name is written in Khatiyan/farmland documents of UP and Jharkhand. And, if it is written, what name is used for our community?

Posted Jan 11, 2026, 8:05 PM UTC

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