Are Katika

Are-Katika, Katika is the Khatik community from the South Indian states of Telangana, Andhra pradesh, Karnataka,Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra. In Northern part of the Country, they are known as khatiks. The traditional trade of this community is goat and sheep meat selling. They follow Hinduism and do not slaughter animals for halal meat, which can only be done by Muslim Qureshis. After the animal is slaughtered, they separate the skin and other parts from the carcass for selling as meat and its by-products. Chaknawadi is a place in Begumbazar of Hyderabad (India), where maximum families of this community hail from. Most of them work as daily wage earners in Mandis for their livelihood. Though more than sixty percent of the Khatiks in Telangana still follow the profession of meat selling, they do not come under Scheduled Caste (SC) status by the Government of India and are categorized in Other Backward Classes. AreKatikas are known as Kshatriya tribes who were assigned as soldiers of Maratha clan.