Dalit Khas

E820715

Dalit Khas are a marginalized subgroup within the broader Khas community in Nepal, historically subjected to caste-based discrimination and social exclusion.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Dalit Khas canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Dalit community ⓘ
marginalized community ⓘ
social group ⓘ
subgroup of Khas ⓘ
affectedBy Hindu caste hierarchy ⓘ
linked to: Hindu varna system

social exclusion in rural Nepal ⓘ
associatedWith Dalit rights movement in Nepal ⓘ
barriers barriers to formal employment ⓘ
barriers to higher education ⓘ
barriers to social mobility ⓘ
country Nepal ⓘ
demographicContext minority within Khas population ⓘ
part of Dalit population of Nepal ⓘ
discriminationType caste-based discrimination ⓘ
ethnicContext Khas people ⓘ
historicalContext feudal agrarian society of Nepal ⓘ
historicalExperience untouchability practices ⓘ
identityBasis Khas heritage ⓘ
caste identity ⓘ
languageContext Nepali language ⓘ
linked to: Nepali
legalContext protected group under anti-discrimination laws of Nepal ⓘ
linkedTo intergenerational poverty ⓘ
structural inequality in Nepal ⓘ
locatedIn South Asia ⓘ
movementContext Dalit social justice campaigns ⓘ
partOf Khas community ⓘ
policyContext target group for affirmative action in Nepal ⓘ
recognizedAs Dalit ⓘ
lower caste ⓘ
region hills of Nepal ⓘ
mid-hills of Nepal ⓘ
religiousContext Hindu caste system ⓘ
rightsContext subject of constitutional protections in Nepal ⓘ
socialIssues economic marginalization ⓘ
limited access to education ⓘ
limited access to land ⓘ
limited access to political power ⓘ
social stigma ⓘ
socialReformContext focus of anti-untouchability activism in Nepal ⓘ
socialStatus historically marginalized ⓘ
socially excluded ⓘ
struggleFor economic justice ⓘ
end of caste-based discrimination ⓘ
political representation ⓘ
social equality ⓘ
subjectTo caste-based exclusion from public spaces ⓘ
discriminatory social norms ⓘ
occupational segregation ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Khas → associatedCasteGroup → Dalit Khas ⓘ
Khas people → subgroup → Dalit Khas ⓘ