Gauda, or Gaur or Gaud or Gor or Gour or God is a group of Brahmin communities in India. The Gauda Brahmins are one of the five Pancha Gauda Brahmin communities that lives in the north of the Vindhyas. Gauda/Gaur Brahmins are most numerous in the northern India, particularly in the states of Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttrakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh etc. and a significant amount are present in other northern states of India as well.
