Vankar

Vankar (also known as Wankar or Vaniya) are weaving and cloth trading communities of Western India. They produce clothes of cotton, silk, khadi and linen. Though, majority of these community members in present times are not engaged in their ancestral weaving occupation, still some population of these communities contribute to the traditional handloom weaving work.

Vankar is described as a caste as well as a community and are recognized as Scheduled Castes as part of affirmative action in India.