{{Short description|Clan (Gotra) of Koli caste}}

The '''Babria''' (also spelled as '''Bavlia''' and '''Bavalia''') is a [[clan]] ([[Gotra]]) of [[Koli people|Koli]] [[Caste system in India|caste]] found in the [[States and union territories of India|Indian state]] of [[Gujarat]] and [[Union Territory]] of [[Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sherring |first=Matthew A. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U2lehroNx1oC&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA307&dq=Babria+Koli&hl=en |title=Hindu Tribes and Castes: As Represented in Benares ; with Illustrations |date=1879 |publisher=[[Thacker]] |pages=307 - 314 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Sherring |first=Matthew Atmore |url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=JmhDAAAAYAAJ&dq=Babria+Koli&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=Babria |title=Hindu Tribes and Castes as Represented in Benares |date=1974 |publisher=Cosmo Publications |year=1974 |location=[[New Delhi]], [[India]] |pages=314 |language=en}}</ref>

{{Infobox tribe|name=Babria Koli|local name=બાવળિયા કોલી|type=[[Gotra]] of the [[Koli people|Koli]] caste|ethnicity=[[Koli people]]|location=*[[Gujarat]]

*[[Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu]]|varna=Warrior|parent_tribe=*[[Talpada Kolis|Talpada Koli]]

*[[Chunvalia Koli]]|demonym=[[Koli people|Koli]]|language=*[[Koli language|Koli]]

*[[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]

*[[Hindi]]

*[[English language|English]]|religion=[[Hinduism|Hindu]]|surnames=*[[Patel]]

*[[Thakor]]

*[[Koli Darbar|Darbar]]

*[[Pagi (title)|Pagi]]

*[[Kotwal]]

*[[Garasia]]}}

Babria Kolis mostly found in the [[Babariawad]] region of Gujarat.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bartholomew |first=John George |url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=v9McAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA29&dq=Babria+Kolis&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjHwJTL-4H4AhU56nMBHbKECV8Q6AF6BAgIEAM#v=onepage&q=Babria%20Kolis&f=false |title=Constable's Hand-gazetteer of India |date=1898 |publisher=A. Constable |year=1898 |location=India |language=en}}</ref> the region of Babariawad of Gujarat got his name because of Babria Kolis.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Burgess |first=James |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V15BAQAAIAAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA12&q=Nawanagar+Kolis&hl=en |title=Report on the Antiquities of Kâṭhiâwâḍ and Kachh, Being the Result of the Second Season's Operations of the Archaeological Survey of Western India, 1874-75 |date=1876 |publisher=India Museum |year=1876 |location=India |pages=12 |language=en}}</ref> They mostly lived by plundering and Their plundering was called as '''Dhang'''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=d. 1917 |first=Whitworth, George Clifford |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7tAOAAAAQAAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA84&q=Babria+Kolis&hl=en |title=An Anglo-Indian Dictionary: A Glossary of Indian Terms Used in English, and of Such English Or Other Non-Indian Terms as Have Obtained Special Meanings in India |date=1885 |publisher=Kegan Paul, Trench |year=1885 |location=India |pages=84 |language=en}}</ref>

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