_Khaltaha_.--Subcaste of Ghasia.
_Khaltati_.--(Illegitimate.) Subcaste of Andh.
_Khaltia_.--Subcaste of Basdewa.
_Khamari_.--(Farmservant.) A section of Kolta.
_Khambi_.--(One who hides behind the graveyard.) A sept of Korku.
_Khanda_.--(A sword.) A section of Panka and Mahar.
_Khandait_.--(A swordsman.) An Uriya caste. A subcaste of Sansia, Taonla and Chasa. Also a name of Koltas in Cuttack.
_Khandapatra_.--(One who cleans swords.) A section of Khandwal.
_Khandapi_.--(_Khanda_, a sword.) A sept of the Dhurwa clan of Sahdeve or six-G.o.d Gonds in Betul, named after the sword of Raja Durga Shah by which a victory was gained over the Muhammadans.
_Khandele_.--(From _khanda_, sword.) A section of Raghuvansi Rajputs in Hoshangabad.
_Khandelwal_.--A subcaste of Bania.
_Khandeshi_.--(A resident of Khandesh.) A territorial subcaste of Darzi, Joshi, Mahar and Mang.
_Khanne, Khanna_.--A subdivision of Chargarh Saraswat Brahmans in Hoshangabad, probably deriving their name from being priests of the Khanna section of Khatris. A section of Khatri.
_Khanonkha_.--(A kind of basket to catch birds with.) A totemistic sept of Rautia Kawars in Bilaspur.
_Kharadi_.--(A turner, one who turns woodwork on a lathe.) A synonym of Kundera and Barhai.
_Kharchi_.--b.a.s.t.a.r.d Marathas forming a separate division as distinguished from the Khasi or pure Marathas.
_Khare_.--A subdivision of Srivastab, Gaur and Saksena Kayasths, meaning those of pure descent.
_Khari Bind Kewat_.--t.i.tle of the Murha caste.
_Kharodia_.--(A resident of Kharod in Bilaspur.) A subcaste of Nunia.
_Kharsisjha_.--(Maker of cowdung cakes.) A section of Mali.
_Kharwade_.--(Refuse.) A subcaste of Simpi or Maratha Darzi (tailor) originally formed of excommunicated members of the caste, but now occupying a position equal to other subcastes in Nagpur.
_Kharwar_.--Synonym of the Khairwar tribe. Subcaste of Chero and Kol.
_Khasi_.--A subdivision of Marathas, meaning those born in wedlock.
_Khasua_.--(A eunuch.) Synonym of Hijra.
_Khati_.--(From the Sanskrit _kskatri_, one who cuts.) A subcaste of Barhai and Lohar.
_Khatik_.--A caste. Synonym of Chikwa. A subcaste of Pasi in Saugor, said to have originated in a cross between a Bauri and a Khatik woman.
_Khatkudia_.--(Illegitimate.) A section of Teli in Betul.
_Khatri_.--A caste. A subcaste of Chhipa and of Sunar in Narsinghpur.
_Khatua_.--(Having a cot.) A section of the Hatwa caste.
_Khatulha_ or _Khatola_.--A subtribe of Gond.
_Khatulwar_.--A subtribe of Gonds in Chanda, the same as the Khatulha of the northern Districts.
_Khawas_.--A t.i.tle of Nai or barber. A subcaste of Dhuri. A section of Halba.
_Khedawal_.--A subcaste of Gujarati Brahmans. They take their name from Kheda or Kaira, a town in Gujarat.
_Khedule_.--From _kheda_, a village. Subcaste of Kunbi.
_Khendro_.--Subcaste of Oraon.
_Kheralawala_.--An immigrant from Kherala in Malwa. Subcaste of Rangrez.
_Kherawal_.--See Khedawal.
_Kheti_.--(Cultivation.) A section of Dumal.
_Khewat_.--Synonym of Kewat.
_Khichi_.--A clan of Rajputs, a branch of the Sesodia clan.
_Khoba_.--(Sticks for fencing the grain-store.) A sept of Kawar; they abstain from using these sticks.
_Khoksa_.--(A kind of fish.) A totemistic sept of Rautia Kawar in Bilaspur.
_Khuntia_.--A subcaste of Agaria. One who uses a _khunti_ or peg to fix the bellows in the ground for smelting iron. A sept of Savars. (Those who bury their dead on a high place.)
_Khursam_.--A sept of Pardhan and Dhur Gond.
_Khutha_.--(Impure.) A section of Tamera in Mandla.
_Khyaurokar_.--(One who shaves, from _kshaur_, to shave.) A synonym of Nai or Bhandari.
_Kilanaya_.--(_Kilna,_ a dog-house.) A nickname section of Ahir.
_Kilkila_.--(The kingfisher.) A sept of Khairwar.
_Killibusum_.--(One who eats dead animals.) A sept of Korku.
_Kindra_.--(One who hides behind a tree.) A sept of Korku.