Aheria

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The Aheria are found mainly in the states of "Punjab" or Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. According to their traditions, the Aheria are Rajput's by origin, who were soldiers in the army of Maharana Pratap. After the defeat of Maharana Pratap by the Mughal Empire, the Aheri were hunted down by the Mughal armies to escape the Mughals, they settled in Punjab,Haryana,Uttar Pardesh and Rajisthan, The Aheri are found mainly in the districts of Patiala, Bhatinda, Firuzpur, and Faridkot.

Their clans called gotras from the Sanskrit gotra or clan, the main ones being the „ Rawal,Rana, Baghria, Rajput, Dharuheria,Hogal,Rathore, Sisodhiya,Chittauri, Chittodia and Aheria/Aheriya, Turi, Heri, Aheri karwal, karbal,naik are found in utter Pradesh, Rajisthan and Punjab himachal, Haryana but majority are found in Punjab and rajisthan and Utter Pardes only and they belong to rajput origin and their gotras are, „Rana, Chittodiya, Rawal, Anshwaan, Rathore „Most of the Aheria are Hindus and speak Hindi. However there are 17 other languages spoken by Aheria people, the most numerous being Harauti which has about 2000 speakers among the Aheria.

The Aheria are also known as Aheriya, Aheri, Ahiria, or Beta, Herbi, Heri, Hersi, Hesi, Karwal or Karbal, Naik, Thori or Turi.

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