The Konkan Division is the administrative division in the coastal region of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It has a diverse number of ethnic and religious communities.
Communities Agri Bhandari Neo-Buddhists Chitpavan Maratha Chaukalshi Daivadnya Kharvi Gaud Saraswat Brahmin Bombay East Indians Kayastha Prabhu Kunbi Vaishya vani Kupari Kumbhar Pathare Prabhu Somvanshi Kshatriya Pathare Samvedi Brahmin Konkani Muslims SiddisShah, Anish M.; et al. (15 July 2011). "Indian Siddis: African Descendants with Indian Admixture". American Journal of Human Genetics 89 (1): 154–161. doi:10.1016/j.ajhg.2011.05.030. Retrieved 18 December 2012. Bene Israel
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