Which caste is Saxena?

Saxena is a surname found amongst Chitraguptavanshi Kayastha community. Mostly found in Northern and Central part of India.
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What religion is Saxena?

Indian (northern states) : Hindu (Kayasth) name from one of the subgroups of the Kayasth community.
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What is mean by Saxena?

Indian (northern states): Hindu (Kayasth) name from one of the subgroups of the Kayasth community. According to Saxena tradition, their name is from Sanskrit sakhisena 'friend of the army', a title awarded to them by the kings of Srinagar.
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Is Sharma a common name in India?

As noted, Sharma is a widespread given name in India and Nepal, and among the many people who come from those countries.
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Which caste is richest in India?

50.3 percent of Brahmins are in the wealthy class, 13 percent are in the lower category, and the rest are in the middle class, as per the National Health survey. One significant observation about Brahmins is that the Brahmin community can practice any occupation or source of livehood.
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Which caste is Thakur?

Who are the Thakurs? In the caste-based structure of Indian society, Thakurs stand right below the Brahmins and belong to what is known as the warrior caste. Anthropologists say Thakurs and Rajputs are almost synonymous with each other. The community is also the predominant landowners in large parts of north India.
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Is Saxena A OBC?

Yes. Saxena is surname of Kyasth community.
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What is gotra of Saxena?

Saxena (Matiman) Ambashtha (Himvan) Nigam (Chitra Charu) Karan (Chitra Charan)
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Is Kayastha a caste?

The Kayasthas today mostly inhabit central, eastern, northern India, and particularly Bengal. They are considered a Forward Caste, as they do not qualify for any of the reservation benefits allotted to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes that are administered by the Government of India.
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What is Verma caste?

Verma (वर्मा) Varma (वर्मा) is surname of Jats, though other communities also use this surname. The title was used historically by Kshatriyas.
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What caste is pal?

The surname Pal (or Paul) is found in Bengal among Bengali Kayasthas. Historian Tej Ram Sharma mentions that the surname is "now confined to Kayasthas of Bengal" while referring to the names of Brahmins ending in such Kayastha surnames in the early inscriptions dating back to the Gupta period.
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Are Kayastha Brahmins?

They were the educated class of Kshatriyas . Some Kayastha were also Kings and Zamindars. That is why people say they fall between Brahmin and Kshatriya. They were the Upper Educated Kshatriyas.
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What is caste of Gupta?

Vaishyas. Some historians, such as A. S. Altekar, have theorized that the Guptas were originally Vaishyas, as some ancient Indian texts (such as the Vishnu Purana) prescribe the name "Gupta" for the members of the Vaishya varna.
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Which caste is Srivastava?

Srivastava (Hindi pronunciation: [ʃɾiːʋaːstəʋ]; Śrīvāstava), also spelled variously as Shrivastava, Shrivastav or Srivastav, is a common surname mainly found amongst the Chitraguptavanshi Kayastha community of upper caste Hindus particularly in the Hindi-speaking regions of India.
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Can Brahmin marry Kayastha?

No , neither a boy nor a kayastha girl can marry another cast ,specially in Brahmans , according to rituals and traditions, if they marry another cast thier next generation will be of another blood . There will be change in thinking and end of ancestors blood .
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Which Brahmin caste is the highest?

Brahman, also spelled Brahmin, Sanskrit Brāhmaṇa (“Possessor of Brahma”), highest ranking of the four varnas, or social classes, in Hindu India.
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Which is the highest gotra?

They are (1) Shandilya, (2) Gautama Maharishi, (3) Bharadvaja, (4) Vishvamitra, (5) Jamadagni, (6) Vasishta, (7) Kashyapa and (8) Atri . To this list, Agastya is also sometimes added.
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Is Bania a high caste?

Banias are classed as vaisyas, the third of the four great categories of Hindu society, and stand below Brahmans and Ksatriyas in caste ranking.
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What is upper caste?

Upper caste may be a relative or an absolute term. It may refer to: A caste other than a scheduled caste. Ritual status in the Varna system, generally referring to the twice-born (dvija) varnas.
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Which caste is Agarwal?

Agarwals and Guptas usually belong to the Hindu Baniya caste—communities traditionally involved in trade and commerce, and known for their business acumen.
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Which caste is Chaudhary?

Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Chaudhary (or Choudhary ; also: Chaudhuri, Choudhuary, Chowdhury) is an Indian hereditary title of honor, given to Ahirwar, Jats and Ghoti Kayasthas native to Haryana,Rajasthan,Uttar pradesh.
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Is Rajput an OBC?

Yes, Rajput Caste comes under in OBC Category.
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Which caste is Meena?

Meena (pronounced [miːɳa]) is a nomadic tribe, found mainly in the Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh regions of India. They are a sub-group of Bhils. Its name is also transliterated as Meenanda or Mina. The Meenas have been claiming to be the ruler of the ancient Matsya kingdom of India.
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