|...| 141| 2,632| 638| 17,217 Gonda | 6,619| ... | ... |...| ... | 283| 1,906| ... | ... |...| ... | 14,377| 2,450| 25,635 Bahrâich | 2,958| 2| 428|...| ... | ... | 2,634| ... | ... |...| 259| 9,476| 3,469| 19,226 Sultânpur | 165| 54| 1,163|...| ... | ... | 6,612| ... | ... |...| 674| 3,951| 1,319| 13,938 Partâbgarh | ... | ... | ... |...| ... | ... | 2,632| ... | ... |...| 862| 5,557| 1,385| 10,436 Bârabanki | 19| 78| 370|...| ... | ... | 7,200| ... | ... |...| 763| 6,124| 2,591| 17,145 +~~~~~~+~~~~~+~~~~~~+~~~+~~~~~+~~~~~~+~~~~~~~+~~~~~~+~~~~~~+~~~+~~~~~~+~~~~~~~+~~~~~~+~~~~~~~ Total |15,609|1,751|95,462|281|1,576|10,092|157,723|11,693|50,816|648|36,551|197,585|78,947|658,734 ==============+======+=====+======+===+=====+======+=======+======+======+===+======+=======+======+======= Dhuniya, Dhuna (Hindi dhunna, “to card:” Sans. dhu, “to agitate”), the cotton-carding caste. Other names for them are Behna (Sans. vija, “seed”), who is properly the man who removes the cotton seed from the fibre; Katera (kâtna “to spin”), Kandera (Sans. karsha, “dragging,” kâra, “doer”); if he is a Muhammadan or the speaker a pedant he is called Naddâf, which in Arabic means “separator.” There are some Hindus who carry on this occupation; but most of them are Muhammadans, and these alone find an entry in the returns of the last Census. [The Hindu Dhuniyas.] 2. To the west of the Province the Hindu Dhuniyas claim to be of Râjput origin. They are divided into five endogamous sub-castes—Chauhân and Bargûjar, which are well-known Râjput septs; and the Dhakeri, Bargali and Chhunkari, which take their names from the dhâk tree (butea frondosa), the bar (Ficus Indica), and the chhonkar (prosopis spicigera), all of which are sacred trees and regarded with special respect by those Dhuniyas who take their names from them. This idea is probably of totemistic origin. The sub-castes are endogamous, and though there does not appear to be any regular formula of exogamy, marriage is usually forbidden in the families of the uncles and aunts on both sides. Their marriage, birth, and death customs are of the usual type common to low castes in the same social grade. Their deities are Mâta, the small-pox goddess, Mîrân Sâhib, the saint of Amroha, Châmar, Devi, and the Ganges. They employ Brâhmans in their religious ceremonies and perform the srâddha for deceased ancestors. They drink spirits and eat the flesh of goats, sheep and fish, but not beef, pork, fowls, or carrion.