 According to "Mirat-e-Masudi", Suhaldev belonged to the "Bhar Tharu" community.Subsequent writers have identified his caste variously as "Bhar Rajput", Rajbhar, Tharu, Bais Rajput, "Pandav Vanshi Tomar", Jain Rajput, Bharshiv, Tharu Kalhan, Nagavanshi Kshatriya, and Visen Kshatriya.In 1940, Guru Sahay Dikshit Dwijdeen, a local schoolteacher of Bahraich, composed a long poem "Sri Suhal Bavani".