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Khotta Ba
Khotta may refer to: * Khotta people, an Indo-Aryan community in eastern India * Khotta language, the language spoken by the Khotta people See also * Khortha (other) * Khot (other) {{dab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khotta People
The Khotta are a Sunni Muslim community that resides and lives in the Indian state of West Bengal. History The Khotta Muslim community trace their origins to some of the Pathan Muslim families who came and settled during the reign of Nawab Alivardi Khan from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. Some of the Khotta community trace their origins particularly to the districts of Darbhanga and Muzaffarpur in the Bihar state. The common surnames among them are mainly Khan, Pathan, Mir, Mirza etc. Besides these titles Sheikh, Mallick etc. are also present. Their presence in Bengal dates back several decades and they are mentioned in 20th-century writer Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's Srikanta novel. Geographic distribution They mainly inhabit in Kaliachak I & II, Harishandrapur, Ratua and Manikchak blocks in the district of Malda and Farakka, Samserganj, Raghunathganj and Suti blocks in the district of Murshidabad. They are also found scattered in parts of Birbhum, Medinipur and Hooghly. Cultur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khotta Language
Khotta Bhasha is the language of the Khotta people, a small group of people who inhabit in the state of West Bengal West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the fourt .... Khotta speakers are of entirely Muslim origin & reside in West Bengal. There is a language in Jharkhand and in western borders of West Bengal, called Khortha language, Khortha (sometimes it is also called Khotta) is a well established language with its own literature. But Khotta Bhasha which is spoken in West Bengal is very much different from Khortha language and has no written form. Geographic distribution The Khotta speaking people mainly inhabit in Harishchandrapur I & Harishchandrapur II, II, Ratua I & Ratua II, II, Manikchak and Kaliachak I, Kaliachak II, II and Kaliachak III, III blocks in the district of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |