Kewat Who are they? The name Kewat is derived from the Sanskrit word kaivarta, meaning fishermen. As the name implies, this is a community of traditional boatmen and fishermen. This people group is found throughout the states of Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Bihar, Orissa, Assam, West Bengal and Tripura. Origin According to eminent ethnologists, Russel and Hiralal (The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India, 1916) the Kewat are a mixed caste and are almost certainly derived from the non-Aryan primitive tribes. H.H. Risley (The Tribes and Castes of Bengal, 1891) asserts that the Kewat of Bihar and Bengal belonged in the earliest times to an aboriginal tribe bearing the name Kewat. The Kewat have various synonyms among the different states they inhabit. Some of these names have an etymological meaning, while some others are based on mythological stories. For instance in the newly-created, central Indian state of Chhattisgarh, where the Kewat are also referred ...
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