Agri community

The Agri or Aagri are a mostly Hindu caste found in Mumbai (Bombay), Thane District, Raigad District & Palghar district of Konkan division, Maharashtra, India. The Agri population numbered around 416,000 in India in year 1931 ^[1] They are mainly involved in fishing, salt making, and rice farming. They speak the Agri dialect of Maharashtrian Konkani and write in the Devanagari script.^[1] 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.^[2]

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^ ^a ^b "Agri in India". Joshua Project.
^ Kumar Suresh Singh (2004). People of India: Maharashtra, Part 1. p. 56. ISBN 9788179911006.

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[joshua-1] "Agri in India". Joshua Project.

[2] Kumar Suresh Singh (2004). People of India: Maharashtra, Part 1. p. 56. ISBN 9788179911006.

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