Kadava Patidar
The Kadava Patidar (also variously spelled Kadwa, Kadva) are a sub-caste of the Patidar. They are mainly found in North Gujarat. They were dependent on cash-crop agriculture and occupied a lower status than the wealthier and more diversified Leva Patidars. The name "Kadava" comes from "Kadi", a former district that existed during the Baroda State. According to Shah in 1982, the Kadva Patidars have received extremely little attention from scholars in comparision to Leva Patidars, which was part of a wider trend among scholars that ignored north Gujarat.