Tanti

Tanti (also anglicised as Tanty, Tantee, Tatwa,Tantubaya, Tantubai, Tati,Tatin) is a Hindu surname of weaving and cloth merchant community in India. The greatest concentration is believed to be in the states of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Assam and Odisha. The community is not very concentrated because their designation was defined based on their occupation rather than particular beliefs or group identity. Tanti is a Hindu surname used only by the weaving and cloth trading communities across India.

Origin
The word tanti is derived from the Odia word tanta, which means a loom. They are one of the many communities found in South Asia, traditionally associated with cloth trading. The community is found in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Assam as well as Odisha

The Tanti are said to have originated as sellers of cloth since the ancient days.There main business was to sell manufactured cloths and earn livelihood through it, they were completely imbibed in there cloth business.The Tanti people are found across mostly the northeastern portion of India.

Social status
Tanti is considered as SEBC in Odisha

Notable people

 * Gangadhar Meher, an Odia poet of the 19th century.
 * Bhadreswar Tanti,  Indian politician. He was elected to the Members of Parliament the lower house of Indian state from Kaliabor Lok Sabha constituency in Assam in 1984. He was a member of the Asom Gana Parishad. Later he joined Bharat Vikas Morcha.
 * Bhimananda Tanti,  Indian politician from the state of Assam. He is a former Member of Assam Legislative Assembly and a former Deputy Speaker of the Assembly.
 * Gajen Tanti, Indian politician and cabinet minister of Assam (1972) from the Tea Labour Community. He was a member of Indian National Congress, Indian National Congress (Socialist) and Nationalist Congress Party.
 * Kamal Kumar Tanti, (born 1982) an Assamese poet from Assam, India.
 * Sananta Tanty, Indian poet of Assamese literature. Tanty was born to an Odia family in Kalinagar Tea Estate. He was educated at a Bengali-medium school but continued his literary works in Assamese.
 * Tulsi Tanti, Indian businessman, the founder and chairman-cum-managing director of Suzlon. He was known as the "Wind man of India"