Balai

The Balai, Balahi or Bhalay is a caste found in the states of Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh in India.[1] They are a relatively community of Bunkar caste and whose occupation, like theirs, has traditionally revolved around working with weaving (सिलाई कढ़ाई बुनाई).[2]

The 2011 Census of India for Uttar Pradesh showed the Balai population as 1200, whilst that in Rajasthan numbered 1100. In both states they are listed as a Scheduled Caste under India's reservation system.[3]

Despite occasional errors in the literature, they do not speak a distinct language.[4]

References

People of India Uttar Pradesh. Volume XLII. Part One. edited by A Hasan & J C Das pages 153 to 155, Manohar Publications
Debnath, Debashis (June 1995). "Hierarchies Within Hierarchy: Some Observations on Caste System in Rajasthan". Indian Anthropologist. 25 (1): 23–30. JSTOR 41919761.
"A-10 Individual Scheduled Caste Primary Census Abstract Data and its Appendix - Uttar Pradesh". Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Bhalay". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

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[1] People of India Uttar Pradesh. Volume XLII. Part One. edited by A Hasan & J C Das pages 153 to 155, Manohar Publications

[2] Debnath, Debashis (June 1995). "Hierarchies Within Hierarchy: Some Observations on Caste System in Rajasthan". Indian Anthropologist. 25 (1): 23–30. JSTOR 41919761.

[3] "A-10 Individual Scheduled Caste Primary Census Abstract Data and its Appendix - Uttar Pradesh". Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 4 February 2017.

[4] Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Bhalay". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.