Gandhabanik is a

Bengali Hindu Bengali Hindus ( bn, বাঙ্গালী হিন্দু/বাঙালি হিন্দু, translit=Bāṅgālī Hindu/Bāṅāli Hindu) are an ethnoreligious population who make up the majority in the Indian states of West Ben ...

trading caste, who as the caste name suggests, traditionally used to trade in perfumes, cosmetics, spices etc. They were also engaged in agriculture. As of late nineteenth century they were one of the fourteen castes belonging to ''Nabasakh'' group. There is almost one hundred percent literacy among the present gandhabanik generation. It is believed that the legendary sea merchant

Chand Sadagar Chand Sadagar ( Assamese: চান্দ সদাগৰ, Bengali: চাঁদ সদাগর) was a rich and powerful sea merchant of Champaknagar in Eastern India. This merchant has been claimed by both the Assamese and Bengali people of ...

of ancient

Champaknagar Champaknagar is a small town some 30 km away from Agartala, the State capital of Tripur, India on the banks of river Haora River, Saidra. Education * Champaknagar H.S School * Tripura Loka Sikshalaya High School * Montfort Higher Secondary Sc ...

was from Gandhabanik community.

Varna Status

Gandhabaniks have generally been considered as 'middle class shudras' in the caste structure of Bengal.

References

{{Bengali Hindu people Bengali Hindu castes Social groups of West Bengal Indian castes