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Rangwa caste - Rangwa is a caste whose traditional occupation is weaving and dyeing of cloths. The following references are quoted as proof- 1- The India Empire Census of 1881, Report of Statistics of Population, Volume I, II, III, Page no. - 301 "Rangwa- Weaver caste"

2- Census of India- 1901, Volume-I, Ethnographical Appendices, by H.H. Risley, Page no. - 167, 5 of Arya Dravidian Tract, CHAMAR, W. CROOKE, I.C.S., Page- 168 "In Benaras the Rangua Rang, ("Colour" ) who are dyers."

3- Census of India - 1911, Volume- V, Bengal, Bihar, Orissa and Sikkim, Part-I, Report by L.S.S. O' Malley, I.C.S., Page- 507, "Rangwa are another sub caste in Saran, who keep to the traditional occupation of weaving."

Religion -The Rangwa caste is Hindu religious. Therefore, they follow all the rituals of Hindu religion, celebrate all the festivals of Hindus and worships Hindu Gods and Goddesses.

Habitat-Members of the Rangwa caste predominantly reside in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, West Bengal. They resides scatteredly in other states of India. They also reside in Nepal.

Category- In Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, the Rangwa caste is included in the state list of backward classes while in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttarakhand and West Bengal Rangwa caste is included in the central list of backward classes. "Lakshman Prasad Rangwa" President, Akhil Bharatiya Rangwa Sudhar Samiti (Regd. No.-1609)