Kori (caste)


Kori is an Indian caste, who were traditionally weavers. Other names for this caste include Kamal, Kamalvansi, and Sankhawar.
The Koris are classified as a Scheduled Caste in the states of Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. The name "Kori" derives from the word "kora", which refers to their traditional occupation. Some Koris claim descent from Kabir. The word 'koli' also means spider or a weaver of web, alluding to their occupation of weaving.
Harold Gould noted in his research of the Jajmani System in Uttar Pradesh that by the 1960s, all of the Koris in the villages studied by him had adopted roles as agricultural labourers, ploughmen because industrialisation had made their traditional occupation as weavers redundant. The Kori scheduled caste population in Uttar Pradesh at the 2011 census of India was 2,293,937.