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Thakor Caste
Thakor is a caste living in Gujarat.

Name
The word Thakor means owner of land, thakur, lord of a region, owner, lord, hero, chieftain, villager, gracio, talukdar, petty king, warrior caste, Rajput, and (Kshatriya) community as a surname.[1]

In some areas of Gujarat, the Koli Thakor is also caste. Kshatriya Thakor and Koli Thakor both are different communities in Gujarat.

Koli Thakor is mostly living in the Saurashtra region and some part of Middle Gujarat.

However, all Kshatriya Thakors belong to North Gujarat and Middle Gujarat. They have the same culture and traditions as all other Kshatriya communities. Also in their villages and regions, they are still valued and respectable people called as Bapu, Darbar, Bha and many more. Their bright past records are still safe in Barot/Rao books who kept genealogies.

Their surnames, Gautra, Rishi, vansh and all other things are the same as the Kshatriya's.

Actually before, Thakor was not caste but an honor given by local people in past

their ancestors are still to be known as “Thakor Saheb(Saa'b) ”

And their surnames were different as all the Kshatriyas

But after year by year due to political agendas of dividing Kshatriya communities for vote bank this caste added into OBC category with sub caste Thakor.

And these political agendas became very successful as from Youngsters of Saurashtra and some other regions who don't know history much makes fun of these Kshatriya Thakor as Koli. However their elders who know the facts give the same respect.

You can easily differentiate both these communities as

In Koli people's School leaving certificate written as Koli Thakor

While for Kshatriya Thakor's its written as Hindu Thakor.