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The Paratharia Ahir are a gotra of the Ahir caste found in the Kutch District of Gujarat state in India. [1] The Paratharia Ahir community consist of a number of clans, the main ones being the Dangar, Bala, Batta, Jatiya, Kerasiya, Chad, Chhanga, Chavada, Gagal, Dheela, Mata and Varchand. [2]

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Origin

Paratharia Ahir is a branch of Ahirs. The community is believed to have derived its name from the Parathar region, their original homeland. According to their traditions, they migrated from Mathura to the Parathar region of Saurashtra. The Paratharia then migrated to Kutch about four to five hundred years ago. They are now distributed in eighty four villages in Kutch District, out of which thirty four are in Bhuj Taluka, twenty four Anjar Taluka and twelve villages in Nakathrana. [3] A few are also found in Saurashtra. The Paratharia Ahir has a distinct dialect (language), which is more like Hindi and Gujarati and it is specific to Paratharia Ahir. Other Ahir like Machhoya, Boricha Ahir, Sorathiya Ahir and Naghera Ahir, etc. in Gujarat Speaks Gujarati language. [1]

Present circumstances

The Paratharia community consist of a number of clans, the main ones being the Dangar, Bala, Batta, Jatiya, Kerasiya, Chad, Chhanga, Chavada, Gagal, Dheela, Mata and Varchand. Each of the clans are of equal status and intermarry. Like neighboring Hindu communities, the community practice clan exogamy. The Paratharia are a community of small and medium-sized farmers. Milk selling is an important subsidiary of the community. A small number are now petty businessmen. [4] [5]

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References

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  2. ↑ Michelutti, Lucia (29 November 2020). The Vernacularisation of Democracy: Politics, Caste and Religion in India. Taylor & Francis. ISBN   978-1-000-08400-9.
  3. ↑ Stephenson, Neal (31 May 2012). The Confusion. Random House. ISBN   978-1-4464-4048-3.
  4. ↑ K. S. Singh (1998). People of India: India's communities. Anthropological Survey of India. p. 65. ISBN   978-0-19-563354-2.
  5. ↑ Sonal Christian (2006). Gujarati Dictionary and Phrasebook: English-Gujarati, Gujarati-English. Hippocrene Books. p. 8. ISBN   9780781810517.
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