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| group = Ahirwar<br />
| native_name = Dalit<br />
| image = Ahirwar.jpg<br />
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| popplace = • India • Nepal<br />
| langs = • [[Hindi]] • [[Khari boli]] •[[Bundeli]]<br />
| rels = • Hinduism and Buddhism<br />
}}<br />
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The '''Ahirwar''', or '''Aharwar''' are [[Dalit]] members of a north Indian [[Caste system in India|caste]] categorised among the [[Scheduled Castes]] of [[Chamar]]. Predominantly are members of the Scheduled Castes with a higher population in [[Uttar Pradesh]], Madhya Pradesh. <ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jUwFL3IipK0C&pg=PA255 |title=Dimensions of Human Cultures in Central India: Professor S.K. Tiwari Felicitation Volume | publisher=Sarup & Sons |editor-first=A. A. |editor-last=Abbasi |year=2001 |page=255 |isbn=978-8-17625-186-0}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |first=Shyam Nandan |last=Chaudhary|title=Dalit Agenda and Grazing Land to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5mme2OO0CKwC&pg=PA119 |year=2007|publisher=Concept Publishing Co. |page=119|isbn=9788180693816}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BV0FuSXACbUC&pg=PA164 | title=Beyond Ambedkar: Essays on Dalits in India | publisher=Har Anand Publications | author=Nandu Ram | year=2009 | pages=164 | isbn=9788124114193}}</ref><br />
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They are present, for example, in the state of [[Madhya Pradesh]].<ref name="ahmad">{{cite book|last1=Ahmad|first1=Aijazuddin|title=Geography of the South Asian subcontinent : a critical approach|date=2009|publisher=Concept Pub. Co.|location=New Delhi|isbn=978-8-18069-568-1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I2QmPHeIowoC&pg=PA231}}</ref> The [[2001 Census of India]] recorded them in the [[Bundelkhand]] area and as the largest caste group in [[Lalitpur district, India|Lalitpur district]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], with a total population 138,167.{{citation needed|date=April 2017}}<br />
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==Notable Ahirwar==<br />
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*[[Nathu Ram Ahirwar]]-was an Indian politician, social leader, former Education minister and educationist.<br />
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*[[ Dinesh Ahirwar]]- Indian Politician<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Jatav]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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