Kumawat is a samaj (community) of people living mainly in Rajasthan, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Delhi and other part of India.
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The Kumawat are traditionally vegetarian, and their religion is Hindu.
Profession
Some Kumawat are accomplished sculptors and artists.
The Kumawat are classed as an Other Backward Class (OBC) by the government of India. OBCs are given support by the government through programmes such as education and job reservation.
Gotras
The Kumawat have around 400 gotras (clans). Each gotra is exogamous, that is, members cannot marry within their own gotra (and also certain other gotras), but the Kumawat as a whole are endogamous.
National representing body
The Kumawat have a caste association called Bharat Kumawat Kshtriya Mahasabha.
They have a journal, Kumawat Kshatriya, published quarterly in Hindi.