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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Asia > India > Agariya

Agariya

A language of India

ISO 639-3agi

Population  72,000 (2007).
Region  Madhya Pradesh, Mandla, Rewa districts, Maikal hills; Chhattisgarh, Bilaspur District; Uttar Pradesh, Agra, Mathura, Mirzapur districts.
Alternate names   Agaria, Agharia, Agoria
Classification  Austro-Asiatic, Munda, North Munda, Kherwari
Language use  Also use Hindi.
Language development  Literacy rate in L2: 5%.
Comments  A Scheduled Caste in Uttar Pradesh. Singh (1995) reports Chhattisgarhi [hne] as L1 of tribe. Traditionally ironsmiths. Traditional religion, Hindu.