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Chandala

someone who deals with disposal of corpses (present day: Koli caste)
Thing caste Q615468
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Chandala

Summary

Chandala is a caste[1]. Chandala draws 481 Wikipedia views per month (caste category, ranking #20 of 107).[2]

Key Facts

  • Chandala's instance of is recorded as caste[3].
  • Chandala is a type of Dalit[4].
  • Chandala's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[5].
  • Chandala's different from is recorded as Qandala[6].

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Definition and Type

Chandala's instance of is recorded as caste[3]. Chandala is a type of Dalit[4].

Why It Matters

Chandala draws 481 Wikipedia views per month (caste category, ranking #20 of 107).[2] Chandala has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Different from → Qandala
    Instance of → caste
    Subclass of → —
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007283370205171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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