Mahto or Mahato is a surname used by several castes and communities in Nepal and the states of Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh and Odisha in India.[1][2][3]Mahato is also a popular surname among Nepalese Zamindari villages of Madhesh Province where it is a title given to the headman of a village ward and their duties were to maintain peace in his area, and collect revenue for the zamindar (feudal landlord).[4]
In Chotanagpur plateau region of Jharkhand, including in the Oraon tribal society, Mahato was historically a title of the village chief.[5][2] In Bihar, the surname Mahto is primarily used by people belonging to Kushwaha caste.[6][7] While in Jharkhand, it is a term most often associated with Koeri and Kurmi caste.[8]
The castes and communities that use Mahto, Mehto or Mahato as a surname, clan name or title include:
^Debi Chatterjee; Sucheta Ghosh; Sumita Sen, eds. (2002). Human Rights: Theory and Practice. South Asian Publishers. p. 128. ISBN9788170032472. Archived from the original on 2023-09-22. Retrieved 2020-09-20. But a person having 'Mahato' surname may belong to any caste which is included in the prescribed...
^"बनिया से मन भरा तो महतो को बनाया, सम्राट चौधरी को बीजेपी प्रदेश अध्यक्ष बनाने पर राबड़ी देवी का विवादित". LiveHindustan (in Hindi). Archived from the original on 24 March 2023. Retrieved 23 March 2023. Samrat Chaudhary has got the command of state BJP president in Bihar. People have started congratulating Samrat Chaudhary. Meanwhile, Rabri Devi, wife of former state CM and RJD chief Lalu Yadav, while taunting the BJP said that if the mind is filled with the Baniya people, then now the mind has to be filled with the Mahato people. Samrat Chaudhary comes from Kushwaha caste and people of Kushwaha caste also use Mahato surname.
^K.S.Singh (1992). People of India: The scheduled castes. Anthropological Survey of India. p. 215. ISBN9788185579092. Archived from the original on 2023-03-25. Retrieved 2023-03-22. Mahato, Bedia, and in a few cases, Majhi, are also used as surnames. The Bedia use Mahato, Majhi, Par gohit, Deshmondel as titles.
Surname list
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