About: Orh

The Orh (also known as Oad, Odh, Orh Rajput or Orad Rajput) is a drifting tribe of laborers in Gujarat, Kathiawar, and some parts of Rajasthan. They drift and shift lock, stock, and barrel with their families wherever work is to be done. They are said to hold a variety of occupations. As artisans, they are carpenters, masons and stoneworkers and were considered to be Dalits. As agriculturalists they are a subcaste of the Chasas in the state of Odisha, who mostly own land while some serve as laborers. As traders, they deal in grain, spices, perfumes, and cloth. They are spread across 40 villages in Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh where they bear surnames like Gadahi, Bhagat, Galgat, Kahlia, Kudavali, Maangal, Majoka, Mundai, Sarvana, and Virpali.