Pachar is a village in
Bageshwar District
Bageshwar is a district of Uttarakhand state in northern India. The town of Bageshwar is the district headquarters. Prior to its establishment as a district in 1997 it was part of Almora district.
Bageshwar district is in Kumaon, and is bounded ...
of the Indian state of
Uttrakhand
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. The village is about 45 kilometers from the city of
Bageshwar
Bageshwar ( Kumaoni: ''Bāgshyār'') is a town and a municipal board in Bageshwar district in the state of Uttarakhand, India. It is located at a distance of 470 km from the National Capital New Delhi and 332 km from the State Capital ...
.
Inhabitants
It is traditionally inhabited by the
Pandeys of
Mandlik clan, along with Lohnis and Pants. These are
Brahmin
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castes.
Kshtriyas. mainly
Chauhan
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Subclans
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, can live in a nearby village and are said to have donated this village to Brahmins.
Dalit
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s of
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caste live in a separate area in the village. Like any typical Varna structured
Kumauni village,
untouchability
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is practiced.
Religion
The
patron deity
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of this village and nearby area is called Nauling delta and has a temple in Pachar.
Economy
The main profession is agriculture and army service among Kshatriyas, priest craft, and agriculture among Brahmins and labour among Dalits (agricultural or otherwise). Mines near
Khadiya
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supply materials used in talcum powder, paint and toothpaste.
It has a primary school, Panchayat Ghar, and Intercollege at Saneti. Many people have migrated to Lucknow, Bareilly, Delhi and even the United States.
According to the census in 2011, Pachar had a total 110 families. The population is 551 people. 288 males and 263 females.
References
Villages in Bageshwar district
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