Kunbi
![A group of Kunbis in Central India, 1916](/Images/godic/202501/22/GroupOfKunbis19161142.jpg")
![Jyotiraditya Scindia of the Scindia (Anglicized from Shinde) dynasty. Scindia's ancestors were originally of the Kunbi community.[26][lower-alpha 5]](/Images/godic/202501/22/Jyotiraditya_Scindia_at_the_India_Economic_Summit_2009_cropped1142.jpg")
![Kunbis carrying out the dead, 1916.](/Images/godic/202501/22/KunbiCarryingOutTheDead19161142.jpg")
![Photograph (1916) of boys with their toy animals crafted for the Pola festival celebrated by the Dhanoje Kunbis.](/Images/godic/202501/22/KunbiFiguresAnimalsPolaFestival19161143.jpg")
Kunbi (alternatively Kanbi) is a generic term applied to castes of traditionally non-elite tillers in Western India. These include the Dhonoje, Ghatole, Hindre, Jadav, Jhare, Khaire, Lewa (Leva Patil), Lonare and Tirole communities of Vidharbha. The communities are largely found in the state of Maharashtra but also exist in the states of Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala and Goa. Kunbis are included among the Other Backward Classes (OBC) in Maharashtra.