 It was used for a variety of Indo-Aryan languages, including Angika, Awadhi, Bhojpuri, Hindustani, Magahi, Maithili, and Nagpuri.Kaithi script derives its name from the word Kayastha, a social group of India that traditionally consists of administrators and accountants.The Kayastha community was closely associated with the princely courts and colonial governments of North India and were employed by them to write and maintain records of revenue transactions, legal documents and title deeds; general correspondence and proceedings of the royal courts and related bodies.