dhangar

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They have the same system as the Oraons, by which all the bachelors of the village sleep in one large dormitory; this is known as Dhangarbasa, _dhangar_ meaning a farmservant or young man, or Mandarghar, the house of the drums, because these instruments are kept in it.

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell