The Orh (also known as Oad, Odh, Orh Rajput or Orad Rajput) [1] [2] is a drifting tribe of labourers in Gujarat, Kathiawar, and some parts of Rajasthan. They drift and shift lock, stock, and barrel with their families wherever work is to be done. [3] They are said to hold a variety of occupations. As artisans, they are carpenters, masons and stoneworkers and were considered to be Dalits. [4] [5] [6] As traders, they deal in grain, spices, perfumes, and cloth. [7] They are spread across 40 villages in Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh where they bear surnames like Gadahi, Bhagat, Galgat, Kahlia, Kudavali, Maangal, Majoka, Mundai, Sarvana, and Virpali. [2]
The untouchables or Doms included various artisan castes, such as Tamta, Lohar, Orh, Koi, Ajari, Das Dholi, Mirasi, etc
ritually impure and so untouchables (Achhut) . They are village artisans who are more frequently described by their occupational subdivisions, e . g . Lobar (Blacksmith), Tamta (Coppersmith), Orh (Stoneworker and Mason) and so on .