Castes and Tribes of Southern India/Chārōdi

by Edgar Thurston

Chārōdi.— The Chārōdis have been described * ^[1]as " Canarese carpenters corresponding to the Konkani Cheptēgāras (or Chaptēgāras), and there is very little difference in the customs and manners of the two castes, except that the former employ Shivalli and Konkanashta Brāhmans instead of Karādis. Their title is Naika." In the Madras Census Report, 1901, Mēsta is returned as a Konkani-speaking sub-caste of Chārōdi.

1. * Manual of the South Canara district.