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Kayastha

community of India
Intangible ethnic_group Q3243684
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Summary

Kayastha is an ethnic group[1]. Kayastha ranks in the top 4% of ethnic_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,173 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Kayastha's instance of is recorded as ethnic group[3].
  • Kayastha's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Kayastha[4].
  • Kayastha's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[5].
  • Kayastha's described by source is recorded as Castes and Tribes of Southern India[6].
  • Kayastha's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[7].

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Definition and Type

Kayastha's instance of is recorded as ethnic group[3].

Influence

Things named for Kayastha include Kaithi[8], an abugida[9], founded in 1600[10].

Why It Matters

Kayastha ranks in the top 4% of ethnic_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,173 views/month).[2] Kayastha has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] Kayastha is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

Entities named for Kayastha include Kaithi[8], an abugida[9], founded in 1600[10].

Related Entities

Swami Vivekananda

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [9] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18d ago · Bischrob · 2026-09-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Kayastha
    Aliases → —
    Sociomap id → SM254567
    Instance of → ethnic group
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Sociomap id: SM254567, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/275137|batch #275137]]"
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