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[[File:Artist from Agariya tribe of Madhya Pradesh IMG 8561.jpg|thumb|Artist from Agariya tribe of Madhya Pradesh]]
The '''Agariya''' are community of the states of [[Madhya Pradesh]] and [[Uttar Pradesh]] in India. Those in the vicinity of [[Mirzapur]] were involved in mining and smelting iron during the [[British Raj]].{{citation needed|date=February 2017}}

The Agariya speak the [[Agariya language]] as well as [[Hindi]] and [[Chhattisgarhi language|Chhattisgarhi]].<ref name="ethnologue">{{cite web|url=http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=agi|title=Agariya | Ethnologue|publisher=ethnologue.com|accessdate=2015-06-07}}</ref>

There is a group known as the Agariya in [[Gujarat]] that are salt makers in the desert. A ritual associated with this community is that the feet of Agariya people are burnt separately. Since they are standing continuously in salt fields, their feet get wounded and salt get absorbed in the feet. So it will not burn easily in the funeral. It is not clear if these Agariya have any relation to the others.<ref name="freedomfilmsindia">{{cite web|url=http://www.freedomfilmsindia.org/newsdetail.asp?NewsID=44|title=freedomfilmsindia.org|publisher=freedomfilmsindia.org|accessdate=2015-06-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090123032743/http://freedomfilmsindia.org/newsdetail.asp?NewsID=44|archive-date=23 January 2009|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

In the early 20th century, the Agariya in Mirzapur were divided into totemic groups. They had been heavily influenced by [[Hinduism]]. They called themselves Hindu but did not worship any of the major Hindu deities which other Hindus did.{{citation needed|date=February 2017}}

The [[Government of Uttar Pradesh]] had classified the Agariya as a [[Scheduled Caste]] but by 2007, they were one of several groups that it redesignated as [[Scheduled Tribe]]s.<ref>{{cite journal |title=State At A Glance - Uttar Pradesh |date=July 2007 |journal=Pratiyogita Darpan |volume=2 |issue=13 |page=81|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7egDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT72|last1=Darpan |first1=Pratiyogita }}</ref> As of 2017, this tribal designation applies only for [[Sonbhadra district]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tribal.nic.in/WriteReadData/CMS/Documents/201212010356439267578File1068.pdf |title=State wise Scheduled Tribes — Uttar Pradesh |publisher=Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India |accessdate=2017-02-04 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161123041643/http://tribal.nic.in/WriteReadData/CMS/Documents/201212010356439267578File1068.pdf |archivedate=2016-11-23 }}</ref> They are a Scheduled Tribe in Madhya Pradesh.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mp.gov.in/en/web/tribal/stlist |title=Scheduled Tribes |publisher=Tribal Department, Government of Madhya Pradesh |accessdate=2017-02-04}}</ref>

The [[2011 Census of India]] for Uttar Pradesh showed the Agariya Scheduled Caste population as 5803.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/SC_ST/PCA-A10/SC-0900-PCA-A-10-ddw.xlsx |title= A-10 Individual Scheduled Caste Primary Census Abstract Data and its Appendix - Uttar Pradesh |publisher=Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India |accessdate=2017-02-04}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of Scheduled Tribes in Uttar Pradesh]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Tribes of Uttar Pradesh}}

[[Category:Scheduled Tribes of Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Scheduled Tribes of Madhya Pradesh]]
[[Category:Scheduled Castes of Uttar Pradesh]]

Agariya people - Revision history

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