Kansabanik
Kansabanik or Kansari is a Hindu caste found from West Bengal, Odisha and Assam state of India. They are traditionally braziers and coppersmiths by profession. Kansabanik represents one of the fourteen castes belonging to 'Nabasakh' group in Bengal. Kanshabaniks are recognized as Other Backward Class by the Government of West Bengal. Varna status 
Bṛhaddharma Puraṇa placed Kansabanik and other trading castes in middle-ranking Shudra category. 