Thakar (tribe)

Thakar is an Adiwasi (tribe) of Maharashtra, India. The tribe originally living in the hilly areas of Sahyadri Mountain as a whole is now found all over Maharashtra scattered in search of a livelihood over a long period of time over recent centuries of colonization and industrialisation.[1]
Marathi Brahmins Deshastha Brahmin originally from Pune district also share the surname Thakar. Most of them belong to Saswad in Purandar taluka but can now be found all over Maharashtra. They used to be the chief pujari at the Kasba Ganapati temple in Pune under the Peshwas.