Bisen, Bisān.—A clan of Rājpūt. A section of Daharia and of Panwār Rājpūt. A section of Marār.
Bobaiaya.—(From Bobbili, a town in Madras.) A section of Teli in Chānda.
Bogam.—A name for Madrāsi prostitutes, perhaps a separate caste. Their honorific title is Sani.
Bohra.—A Muhammadan caste. A section of Oswāl Bania.
Bombay.—A subdivision of Vālmiki Kāyasth.
Bondoya—A resident of Jītgarh and the Pachmarhi tract of the Central Provinces. Subcaste of Korku.
Bopchi.—A section of Pānwar Rājpūt.
Bopchi—A small caste in the Wardha District numbering a few hundred persons. They are in reality Korkus, the name being a corruption of that of the Bendoya subtribe, but they have discarded their proper tribal name and formed a separate caste. They retain some of the Korku sept names, while others are derived from the Marāthi words or from the names of other castes, and these facts indicate that the Bopchis are of mixed descent from Korkus and other low Marātha castes with which unions have taken place. As might be expected, they are very tolerant of sexual and social offences, and do not expel a woman who has a liaison with a man of another caste or takes food from him. She is readmitted to caste intercourse, but has to undergo the penalty of washing her body with cowdung and having a lock of her hair cut off. A man committing a similar offence has his upper lip shaved. They employ Gosains for their gurus and their social position is very low.
Borākar.(A mat-maker.) Synonym of Gopāl.
Borjharia.—(Bor-plum.) A sept of Halba.