Barujibi

Barujibi, Barui
Barui betel cultivator, from a 1799 collection of etchings
Kuladevi (female)Lakshmi, Chandi (worshipped as Sungai Devi)
ReligionsHinduism
LanguagesBengali
Populated statesWest Bengal, Assam, Bangladesh, Tripura

Barujibi (Bengali: বারুজীবী/বারুজীবি) or Barui (Bengali: বারুই) is a Bengali Hindu agrarian caste found in India and Bangladesh. Their traditional occupation is cultivation of Betel. Barujibi is one of the fourteen castes belonging to 'Nabasakh' group of Bengal. They are listed as Other Backward Class in West Bengal as "Barujibi, Barui" and in the Central List as recommended by Mandal Commission. Although socio-culturally different, this caste is akin in terms of occupation to Barai, Tamboli and Chaurasia caste groups of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, Tammali in Andhra Pradesh, Bariji in Odisha, Barjubi in Assam.

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