Bansphor: Difference between revisions

|langs = • [[Hindi language|Hindi]] • [[Awadhi language|Awadhi]] • [[Kauravi dialect|Khari Boli]]

The community get their name from the [[Hindi]] words ''bans'', meaning bamboo and ''phorna'' which means to split. They are a community that were traditionally involved in the manufacture of bamboo items for household usage. According to traditions, they are one of the seven sub-groups of the [[Domba|Dom]] community. Their own traditions refer to a Bans Rajah, a prince who said to have ruled in the [[Awadh]] region, from whom the community descend. They are found throughout Uttar Pradesh, with special concentrations in the districts of [[Farrukhabad district|Farrukhabad]], [[Saharanpur district|Saharanpur]] and [[Pilibhit district|Pilibhit]] in western Uttar Pradesh, and [[Sitapur district|Sitapur]], [[Lakhimpur Kheri district|Kheri]], [[Hardoi district|Hardoi]], [[Pratapgarh district, Uttar Pradesh|Pratapgarh]] and [[Lucknow district|Lucknow]] in Awadh, and [[Mirzapur district|Mirzapur]] and [[Lalitpur district, Uttar Pradesh|Lalitpur]] in southern Uttar Pradesh. The western Bansphor speak [[Kauravi dialect|Khari boli]], while those in Awadh speak [[Awadhi language|Awadhi]]. A section of the Bansphor in Saharanpur and [[Moradabad district|Moradabad]] have converted to [[Islam]], and now form a distinct community of [[Muslim Bansphor]].<ref name="poi"/>