The Bot are a Hindu caste found in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India.
[1] The community is said to have gotten its name from the fact that they are descended from the king of Botwal, a state that once existed in Nepal.
They are a small community, found mainly in twenty villages of Bahraich District Jarwal block (Harrajpur, Dusarapara, Sakhouta, Gour, Katka, Lalpur Jagdishpur (Botanpurwa), Fakharpur, Kaiserganj, and Huzurpur blocks .
Of their main crops, they grow paddy and maize in the winter, and wheat and pulses in the summer.
The panchayat acts as instrument of social control, dealing with issues such as divorce and adultery.