Belwar

The Belwar are a HindusanadhyaBrahmin caste found in North India, and mostly in Uttar Pradesh. Community is also present in some districts like bhind, muraina of madhya pradesh. They are not in the category of Other Backward Class.They come in the general category. Belwars are mainly found in Sitapur, Lakhimpur, Hardoi, Barabanki, Gonda and Lucknow. They are also called as Bilwar or Bailwar. However they did not like to be called Bilwar or Bailwar.The word Bailwar was used to insult these Sanadhya- Brahmin's by other people.

Origin

The Belwar are a community of Sanadya Brahmin from Awadh, they originally belonged to the Sanadhya Brahmin caste. According to their origin myth, they descend five brothers, one of whom had a daughter. Because of his poverty, he was unable to marry her off. Finally, he accepted whatever proposal came, and married his daughter to a boy from the other Brahmin community . As a consequence of this action, the community were outcast from the Sanadhya Brahmin caste. For a long period, both communities was distinct. Presently,the intermarriage between them are started. Another myth related is that people of this community worked to transfer things on loaded bullocks. In HINDI bullocks are known as BAIL. So those peoples were known as bail-sawar, and that word became bail-war say bailwar and in present it became Belwar.