The Khatri agriculturists of the Jeypore Agency tracts in Vizagapatam are, Mr. C. Hayavadana Rao informs me, entirely distinct from the weaving Khatris of the south. They are divided into four septs, viz., Surya (Sun), Bhag (tiger), Kochchimo (tortoise), and Nag (cobra). Girls are married before puberty, and an Oriya Brahman officiates at their marriages, instead of the customary Desari. They do not, like other castes in the Agency tracts, give fermented liquor (madho) as part of the jholla tonka or bride-price, which consists of rice, a goat, cloths, etc. The marriage ceremonies are performed at the bride's house. These Khatris put on the sacred thread for the first time when they are married, and renew it from time to time throughout life. They are fair skinned, and speak the Oriya language. Their usual title is Patro. Khinbudi (bear).--A sept of Rona. Khodalo.--See Bavuri. Khodikaro.--A name for Panditos, derived from the stone (khodi), with which they write figures on the floor, when making astrological calculations. Khodura.--The name is derived from khodu, bangle. The Khoduras, Mr. Francis writes, [133] are "manufacturers of the brass and bell-metal bangles and rings ordinarily worn by the lower class Odiyas. Their headman is called Nahako Sahu, and under him there are deputies called Dhoyi Nahako and Behara. There is a fourth functionary styled Aghopotina, whose peculiar duty is said to be to join in the first meal taken by those who have been excommunicated, and subsequently readmitted into the caste by the caste panchayat (council). A quaint custom exists, by which honorific titles like Senapati, Mahapatro, Subuddhi, etc., are sold by the panchayat to any man of the caste who covets them, and the proceeds sent to Puri and Pratabpur for the benefit of the temples there. It is said that the original home of the caste was Orissa, and that it came to Ganjam with Purushottam Deva, the Maharaja of Puri. In its general customs it resembles the Badhoyis." I am informed that the name of the fourth functionary should be Aghopotiria, or first leaf man, i.e., the man who is served first at a public dinner. Khoira.--Recorded, in the Madras Census Report, 1901, as a low caste of Oriya cultivators. Khoja.--In the Madras Census Report, 1901, eleven Khojas are recorded as belonging to a Mussalman tribe of traders from Bombay.