User:Vikas Singh Biyar

The word biyar is said to mean seed bed in Hindi, and it is suggested that they may have acquired this name on account of their occupation as cultivators of rice and constructers of embankments. . The Biyar are still found mainly in uttar pradesh Varanasi District, in and Chakia and Chandauli. A big number are also found in Mirzapur. and jamalpur block under mirzapur ,and village pirkhir in very population of BIYAR.

, Sone bhadra District and madhya pradesh in singlauri and a big number BIYAR CASTE in chhatisgarh. They speak Awadhi.[3]

Present circumstances The Biyar are strictly endogamous community, and practice the principle of clan exogamy. These clans are referred to as kuris, and their main clans are the Kanaujiya, Sakarwar, Barwar, Mahato, Kahto, Kashi and Barhar. These clans are also hypergamous, with the Kanaujiya intermarrying only with the Barwar, Sakarwar and Mahato. They live in multi-caste villages, but occupy distinct quarters. Each of their settlement contains an informal caste council, known as a biradari panchayat. The panchayat acts as instrument of social control, dealing with issues such as divorce and adultery.[4]

The Biyar are community of cultivators and graziers, often occupying tracts of land outside their villages to graze. They also raise a number of crops such as potatoes. Biyar are very quite and respectable tribe.