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The '''Agri''' or '''Aagri''' are a mostly [[Hindu caste]] found in [[Mumbai (Bombay)]], [[Thane District]], [[Raigad District]] & [[Palghar district]] of [[Konkan division]], [[Maharashtra, India]]. In 1931, the Agri population numbered around 416,000 in India. They are mainly involved in fishing, salt making, and rice farming. They speak the [[Agri dialect]] of [[Maharashtri Konkani]] and write in the [[Devanagari]] script.<ref name="joshua">{{cite web |url=https://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/16180/IN |title=Agri in India |work=Joshua Project }}</ref> They are Hindus, worship all the Hindu deities and observe Hindu festivals such as [[Holi]], [[Ganesh Chaturthi]], [[Dussera]], [[Diwali]], [[Hanuman Jayanti]], [[Datta Jayanti]], [[Shiv Jayanti]] and others.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OmBjoAFMfjoC&pg=PA56 |title=People of India: Maharashtra, Part 1 |author= Kumar Suresh Singh|year=2004 |page=56 |isbn=9788179911006 }}</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
*[[Agaria (Muslim)|Agaria]]<br />
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