The Machhoya (also spelled Maschoiya) are a Gotra of the Ahir found in the Rajkot, Kutch, Junagadh, Dwarka, Amreli, Bhavnagar, Morbi, Jamnagar districts of Gujarat in India.
[1] When the Ahirs came from Mathura to Dwarka with Lord Krishna, they spread all over Saurashtra and Kutch, Gujarat region.
The Maschoiya are a community of Ahirs who are said to have settled along the banks of the Machhu-katia river, and the word Maschhoiya literally means those from Macchu-katia.
The Maschoiya are divided into a number of exogamous clans called Ataks like Humbal,Ahir, Lokhil, Khimaniya, Mand(Marand), Miyatra (Myatra), Makawana, Dangar, Sonara, Jalu(Jaru), Chaiya(Chhaiya), Bakotra(Bakutra), Virda, Kangad, Zer, Lavadiya, Meta, Herbha, Hethvadiya, Chavda, Jatiya, Lula, Balasara, Gujariya, Kothivar Goyal(Gohel) Chudasama, Avadiya, Segaliya, Khatariya, Jiladiya, Kuvadiya, Garchar, Kihor and many more all of which are of equal status.
Most of them work in the salt industry,transport,construction,farming,and extra fields.