Sahu

Sahu (or Sahoo) is a surname found in India and Pakistan. People using the surname may belong to various castes or tribes.[1]

The meaning of the term "Sahu" may change from region to region. The term generally means "businessman" or "moneylender".[2] It means "gentle" in the Jhelum region and "patient" among Jats.[1]

Usage

In India, the surname is found among Gakhars, Janjuas and other Rajput communities. People of Dhund, Dhanial, Kalya and Satti tribes also use the surname. In Ludhiana region, it is used by Grewal Jat people. A tribe of Jats, who are an offshoot of the Sial tribe, also use this surname. In the Kabirwala region, it is used by another Jat tribe.[1]

In Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh, people with Sahu surname belong to the Marwadi (BUSINESS CLASS) caste and have been categorized as a General Category (GN).[3]

In Bihar, Jharkhand people with Sahu or Gupta surnames belonging to the Saundik, Rauniyar, Teli caste have been categorized as Other Backward Classes (OBCs).[4]. The Sahu people in Jharkhand mostly doing Business and JOB.

The Sahu people in Maharashtra belong to the Teli caste. They migrated from Bundelkhand to mainly Vidarbha region to escape some war. They trace their origin to Karmabai who lived in the Jagannath Temple in Puri. The Sahu people of Maharashtra have been classified among Other Backward Classes (OBCs).[2][5]

In Chhattisgarh, Odisha and Andhra Pradesh, Sahus belong to the Vaishnavite Brahmin caste and belongs to Oriya speaking community. Some of these people have migrated to coastal districts of Andhra Pradesh.In odisha there is a community called KANSARI(Those who makes brass and metal products) also obtaining this surname.[6]

There are also people with the surname Sahu belonging to the Teli caste in Chhattisgarh and Odisha. They have been categorised as OBCs.[7] There are also some people using the surname who belong to the Chasa caste.[8]

Some people in the Kabbaliga community, a Dalit community of fishermen and cultivators, also use the surname Sahu.[9]

List of people with the surname Sahu (or Sahoo)

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Ibbetson; Maclagan (1 December 1996). Glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North West Frontier Province. Asian Educational Services. p. 345. ISBN 978-81-206-0505-3.
  2. 1 2 B. V. Bhanu (2004). People of India: Maharashtra. Popular Prakashan. p. 1813. ISBN 978-81-7991-102-0. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  3. ↑ "Central List of OBCs. State : Gujarat". National Commission for Backward Classes. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
  4. ↑ "Central List of OBCs. State : Bihar".
  5. ↑ "Central List of OBCs. State: Maharashtra". National Commission for Backward Classes. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
  6. ↑ K.S. Krishna Rao (2008). Global Encyclopaedia of the Brahmana Ethnography. Global Vision Publishing House. p. 427. ISBN 978-81-8220-208-5. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  7. ↑ "Central List of OBCs. State: Odisha". National Commission for Backward Classes. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
  8. ↑ Census of India, 1961: Orissa. Office of the Registrar General. 1961. Retrieved 30 March 2014. The people belonging to Chasa caste are divided into two sub-groups, i.e., Bisi and Sahu.
  9. ↑ Nagendra Kr Singh (2006). Global Encyclopaedia of the South Indian Dalit's Ethnography. Global Vision Publishing House. p. 281. ISBN 978-81-8220-168-2. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
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