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	\|rels= • [[Hinduism]] • [[Islam]]		\|rels= [[Hinduism]] • [[Islam]]
	\|related= • [[Mallaah]] • [[Kewat]] • [[Pankhiya]]		\|related= • [[Mallaah]] • [[Kewat]] • [[Pankhiya]]
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{{for|the [[Jat people|Jat]] clan|Goriya (clan)}}
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{{ethnic group|
|group= Goriya
|poptime =
|popplace = Nepal • India
|langs = • [[Hindi language|Hindi]] • [[Awadhi language|Awadhi]] • [[Urdu language|Urdu]]
|rels= • [[Hinduism]] • [[Islam]]
|related= • [[Mallaah]] • [[Kewat]] • [[Pankhiya]]
}}

The '''Goriya''' are a [[Hindu]] caste found in the states of [[Bihar]] and [[Uttar Pradesh]] in India. Those found in the [[Basti Division]] of eastern Uttar Pradesh have converted to [[Islam]], and now form a distinct community of Muslim Goriya. A small number of Goriya are also found in the [[Terai]] region of [[Nepal]].<ref name="peopleOfIndia">{{cite book|editor=A Hasan & J C Das|title=People of India: Uttar Pradesh|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bBdWAAAAYAAJ|year=2005|publisher=Anthropological Survey of India|isbn=978-81-7304-114-3|pages=552–555}}</ref>

== Origin ==

The Goriya are a sub-caste of the [[Mallaah]] community, and they are traditional ferrymen of the [[Ganges]]. According to their traditions, the community ferried the god [[Rama|Ram]] on his way to [[Chitrakut]]. Like other Mallaahs, they trace their ancestry to Nishad Raj, a figure that appears in the [[Ramayana]]. They are found mainly in the districts of [[Faizabad]], [[Jaunpur district|Jaunpur]], [[Varanasi]] and [[Sultanpur district|Sultanpur]]. The Goriya speak both [[Hindi]] and [[Awadhi]].<ref name="peopleOfIndia"/>

== Present circumstances ==

Traditionally, the Goriya were fishermen and ferrymen. But like other communities of a similar background such as the [[Kewat]] and [[Pankhiya]] have had to give up their traditional occupation. Many are now farmers, but as their villages are near the [[Ganges]], they are prone to flooding. With the recent electrification of their villages, they are now able to use tube wells as a means of irrigation. The Goriya are [[Hindu]], and have no particular deities.<ref name="peopleOfIndia"/>

The Goriya of the [[Basti Division]] in eastern Uttar Pradesh are [[Muslim]]. They claim to have been converted at the time of the rule of [[Sher Shah Suri]]. Like their Hindu counterparts, the Muslim Goriya are now mainly farmers. They are entirely [[Sunni]], and speak the Awadhi dialect. The Muslim Goriya are strictly endogamous, and marry within close kin.<ref name="peopleOfIndia"/>

== References ==

{{reflist}}
{{Tribes of Uttar Pradesh}}

[[Category:Social groups of Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Indian castes]]
[[Category:Social groups of Bihar]]
[[Category:Fishing communities in India]]
[[Category:Social groups of Madhya Pradesh]]
[[Category:Muslim communities of Uttar Pradesh]]

[https://www.domkawla.com/goriya-community-in-madhya-prades/ In the Goriya Community, after marriage, girls are given twenty-one snakes as gifts]

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