The Kachhi are a Hindu Caste found in the regions of Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh in India.
The Kachhi caste form a part of a wider community that a common descent. This community, known as the Kushwaha.Kushwaha community - the Mauraos, Kachhis and Koeri.They were classified as shudra caste as they were small peasants and farm labourers [1][2]
In Uttar Pradesh, the vegetable-cultivators Kachhis traditionally cultivate on their comparatively smaller landholdings without aid of the animals.[3]
In 1991, they were designated an Other Backward Class in the Indian system of positive discrimination. This applied to the populations in Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.[4]