Scheduled Castes of Rajasthan

thumb|280px|A man belonging to Chandala or Namasudra caste in East Bengal in 1860. Chandala () is a Sanskrit word for someone who deals with the disposal of corpses, and is also the name of a Hindu lower caste, traditionally considered to be untouchable.

Indian caste

Chamar (, or Jatav, ) is a community classified as a Scheduled Caste under modern India's system of affirmative action that originated from the group of trade persons who were involved in leather tanning and shoemaking. They are found throughout the Indian subcontinent, mainly in the northern states of India and in Bangladesh, Pakistan and Nepal.

Dhobi, known in some places as Dhoba, Rajaka, is a scheduled caste in India and the greater Indian subcontinent whose traditional occupations are washing, ironing, and agricultural labour.

Mahar is an Indian caste found largely in the state of Maharashtra and neighbouring areas. As of 2017 the Mahar caste is designated as a Scheduled Caste in 16 Indian states. Most of the Mahar community followed B. R. Ambedkar in converting to Buddhism in the middle of the 20th century. This was in response to the injustices of the caste system practiced within Brahmanism.

Ancient Ruler of Awdh and Social community of India

The Kanjar (Hindi: कंजर, Urdu: کنجر) are an Indo-Aryan people with significant populations in India, Pakistan and the wider Kashmir region. The Kanjari language is spoken mostly by the Kanjari people living in Indian subcontinent. Kanjari is a lesser-known Indo Aryan language.Kanjar Social Organization by Joseph C Berland in The other nomads: peripatetic minorities in cross-cultural perspective / edited by Aparna Rao pages247 to 268 Köln : Böhlau, 1987.

people of northwest India and Pakistan

community from Northern India

The Ahirwar, or Aharwar are Dalit members of a north Indian caste categorised among the Scheduled Castes of Chamar. Predominantly they are members of the Scheduled Castes with a higher population in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh.