Cooch Behar Raj family always had a very strong herd of royal elephants in royal stables(pilkhana).The area at cooch behar townstill known as pilkhana, this days here lives humans with their ever lasting cry for home,food and land.The herd at any instance was over seventy or eighty. Mostly during hey days of Cooch behar Raj, the times of the most famous king of the dynasty H.R.H. Col. Nripendra Narayan. 'Debraj' was the biggest of them.more than ten feet in height, semi albino with long tusks,the intelligent bull was perfectly trained to carry Maharaja on it's back. Debraj had total control of the herd. He was the most efficient and trustworthy companion for Maharaja, in every Sikar (shooting) expeditions of the king himself and with his colonial lords and friends. [N.Ghosh, 2013]
There are different kinds of Rajbanshis such as Koch Rajbabshi, Poundra Rajbabshi, Mech Rajbabshi, Newar Rajbanshi, Thakuri Rajbanshi and Khataha Rajbanshi.
Rajbanshis in Nepal are generally known as ‘Jhapali Rajbanshi’ or ‘Kshatriya Rajbanshi’ and they use titles like Rajbanshi and ‘Singh’ representing ‘Lions of the East’.
The ‘Ksatriya Rajbanshi’ also known as Thakuri Rajbanshi worship goddess ’Durga’ & ‘Kali' as home deity (KUL, Esta Devi).
Roy, Sarkar, Barman and other surnames used by Kaivarthas (agrarian and fishermen categories), mostly used in India. There are also many types of sub-castes of the Koch Rajbanshis in the North Bengal, India such as Paliya, Sadhupaliya, Babupaliya, Domasir, Modasi, Jaluwa, Tongriya, Khopriya, Gobriya, Kantai, Dhalai, Tiyar and Koch. These sub-castes of the Rajbabshis in India are not found in Nepal.
The main dialects are Western Rajbanshi, Central Rajbanshi, Eastern Rajbanshi and Hill Rajbanshi (also known as Koch language).
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