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| Ramdasia/Ramdassia sikhs originally had weaving as their prime occupation. Ramdasia is a sub caste of Julaha (weaver). Although sikhism does not believe in castes but most sikhs of today do. They offered their services in the construction of the fourth step (chautha pauda) in the holy water pool at Sri Harimandir Sahib, Amritsar. Due to that 'seva' they are some time also called 'Chauthe Paude Waale'. | | Also See [[Ramdasia]] |
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| Britishers put Ramdasia sikhs along with Mazhabi sikhs in a Regiment named 'Sikh Light Infantry' [http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Sikh_Light_Infantry] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikh_Light_Infantry]. This gave birth to the confusion about their similarity with Mazhabi sikh community. Ramdasias are also many times confused with Ravidasia (Chamars) but Ramdasia's profession was very different which was weaving.
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| Ramdasia community suffered heavy losses in their profession due to Industrial revolution in which their work went out of demand. Since then most ramdasia sikhs have made farming as their prime profession in Punjab and surrounding regions.
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| Today Ramdasia Sikhs are mostly in Govt service and also in various other professions.
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