The community is divided into several exogamous gotras, the main ones being Sanauna, Rajauria, Chandele, Rohtele, Solanki, Khareyia, Bagolia, Jecheria, Kusmorna, Chakardiya, Kurwana and Theogana.
This region is covered with thick and thin forest, with low rainfall, and is home to number of other tribal communities such as the Chero and Kol.
Their traditional occupations are cutting wood, collecting honey, making baskets, mining and quarrying, and breaking stones.
[5] As of 2017, this designation applied only in Lalitpur district,[6] as it also did at the time of the 2011 Census of India when the Sahariya Scheduled Caste population in Uttar Pradesh was 23,644.
[7] Saharia Joshi, Vibha 1987 'A Primitive Tribe of Madhya Pradesh: Social Organization and Religion of the Sahariya'.