Among the following, who are the Agaria community?

The Agaria (also spelled Agariya/Agariyas) are a traditional community of salt farmers/salt-pan workers in Gujarat, especially associated with the Little Rann of Kutch. Contemporary reporting and studies identify Agariyas explicitly as salt workers who produce raw salt under arduous conditions and are socially and economically marginalised; accounts note seasonal migration to the Rann for salt production and link the community’s occupation across generations [1]. Scholarly work on the ecology and labour of Gujarat’s salt economy likewise frames the Agariya/Agaria as the local salt‑farming community engaged in artisanal salt extraction from pans and marshes [1]. Gujarat’s prominence in India’s salt production provides the regional context for this traditional occupation [1].

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1. [1] https://frontline.thehindu.com/the-nation/agriculture/agaria-salt-workers-gujarat-rann-kutch/article70138907.ece
2. [2] https://berkeleyjournal.org/2025/06/11/salt-farming/
3. [3] Geography of India ,Majid Husain, (McGrawHill 9th ed.) > Chapter 7: Resources > Natural Resources of India > p. 30