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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Julaha > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Julaha.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julaha > Source revision: 1346955139 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Community in the Indian Sub-Continent}} {{pp-extended|small=yes}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox Ethnic group | group = Julaha | population = | popplace = {{hlist|Indian subcontinent}} | langs = {{hlist|[Hindi](/source/Hindi)|[Urdu](/source/Urdu)|[Bhojpuri](/source/Bhojpuri_language)|[Punjabi](/source/Punjabi_language)|[Haryanvi](/source/Haryanvi)|[Gujarati](/source/Gujarati_language)}} | rels = [Hindu](/source/Hindu), [Islam](/source/Islam), [Sikh](/source/Sikh) | related = [Salvi](/source/Salvi_(caste)), [Panika](/source/Panika), [Ansari](/source/Momin_Ansari), [Devanga](/source/Devanga), [Padmasali (caste)](/source/Padmasali_(caste)), [Koshta](/source/Koshta), [Kori](/source/Koli_people), [Balai](/source/Balai), [Meghwal](/source/Meghwal) }} The '''Julaha''' are a community within the [Indian subcontinent](/source/Indian_subcontinent), which adopted the profession of [weaving](/source/weaving).{{Cite book |last=Kalsi |first=Sewa Singh |url=https://crp.leeds.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/52/2015/09/kalsi1992.pdf |title=The Evolution of a Sikh Community in Britain: Religious and Social Change Among the Sikhs of Leeds and Bradford |publisher=Community Religions Project Department of Theology and Religious Studies, University of Leeds |year=1992 |isbn=9781871363036 |pages=99–100 |chapter=4.4 Julaha Sikhs}} The caste is considered [Socially and Educationally Backward](/source/Other_Backward_Class). Known under many names, the Julahas have been practising this art for ages.{{Cite web |title=National Commission for Backward Classes |url=https://ncbc.nic.in/Writereaddata/addmh2.pdf |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190819080257/http://ncbc.nic.in/Writereaddata/addmh2.pdf |archive-date=19 August 2019 |access-date=10 March 2024 |website=National Commission for Backward Classes }} Both Hindu and Muslim Julaha (and even Sikh) groups exist.{{Cite book |last=Gottschalk |first=Peter |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fl53OdhuU7YC |title=Beyond Hindu and Muslim: Multiple Identity in Narratives from Village India |date=2005-10-27 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780199760527 |language=en}} For the Julahas who are Sikhs, they are known as [Ramdasia Sikhs](/source/Ramdasia_Sikhs). Some [Muslim](/source/Muslim) Julaha identify themselves as "Ansaris."{{cite journal |title= The Identity of Language and the Language of Erasure: Urdu and the Racialized-Decastification of the "Backward Musalmaan" in India |first=Sanober |last=Umar |publisher=[Brandeis University](/source/Brandeis_University) |journal=Caste: A Global Journal on Social Exclusion |date=14 February 2020 |volume=1 |issue=1 |doi=10.26812/caste.v1i1.29 |page=187|doi-access=free }} ==Etymology== The term ''Julaha'' may derive from the Persian ''julah'' (ball of thread).{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zQRuAAAAMAAJ|title=The scheduled castes|last1=Singh|first1=Kumar Suresh|last2=India|first2=Anthropological Survey of|date=1993-01-01|publisher=Anthropological Survey of India|isbn=9780195632545|language=en}} == Statistics == Although reliable statistics are old, as per survey done in 1990s, the total population of Julahas in India was around 12 million.{{Citation needed|date=August 2025}} As per [Caste Based Survey of Bihar](/source/2022_Bihar_caste-based_survey) 2022, the total number of Julahas in Bihar was 4.6 million.{{Cite web |date=2023-10-07 |title=Bihar caste survey: groups among backwards the new bone of contention |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/bihar-caste-survey-muslim-groups-backwards-contention-8971949/ |access-date=2024-03-10 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}} == Prominent Figures == Prominent figures from the weaver community include: * [Kabir](/source/Kabir) * [Maulana Asim Bihari](/source/Aasim_Bihari) == Related groups == Other prominent weaving and handloom communities of the [Indian subcontinent](/source/Indian_subcontinent) include the [Salvi](/source/Salvi_(caste)), [Panika](/source/Panika), [Ansari](/source/Momin_Ansari), [Devanga](/source/Devanga), [Padmasali (caste)](/source/Padmasali_(caste)), [Koshta](/source/Koshta) and the Kashmiri Kani weavers.{{Cite web |date=7 August 2018 |title=The Handloom communities of India |url=https://www.thestatesman.com/india/handloom-communities-india-1502670307.html |website=[The Statesman](/source/The_Statesman_(India))}} == See also == * [Salvi](/source/Salvi_(caste)) * [Panika](/source/Panika) * [Momin Ansari](/source/Momin_Ansari) * [Devanga](/source/Devanga) * [Padmasali (caste)](/source/Padmasali_(caste)) * [Koshta](/source/Koshta) * [Balai](/source/Balai) * [Meghwal](/source/Meghwal) == References == {{Reflist}} Category:Weaving communities of South Asia Category:Indian castes Category:Ethnic groups in India Category:Ethnic groups in Pakistan {{India-ethno-stub}} {{Asia-ethno-group-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Julaha](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julaha) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julaha?action=history)). 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