Agaria, Anguwear
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THE TRIBES and CASTES of BENGAL. Ethnographic Glossary. Printed at the Bengal Secretariat Press. 1891. . |
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Agaria
Anguwear', a cultivat¬ing caste found in the Tributary Mahals of Chota N agpur. They claim to be the descendants of certain Kshatriya immigrants from the neighbourhood of Agra, who put off the saored thread suggest a connexion with some religion sect.
In Gangpur, where everyone believes in witchcraft, .Agaria. women are supposed to be the most potent witches in the country.
The following statement shows the number and distribution of .Agarias in 1872 and 1881 :¬
DISTRICT. 1 72. 1881.
Hazaribagh ... 1,966 1,146 Lohardaga ... 1,678 66 Singbhllm 7 Manbhum 885 Tributary States ... 3,448 6,278
