Gaṅga Ram Garg considers the Ahir to be a tribe descended from the ancient Abhira community, whose precise location in India is the subject of various theories based mostly on interpretations of old texts such as the Mahabharata and the writings of Ptolemy.
The historian Robert Vane Russell noted that the Ahirwar are among the Bharia groups with a name connoting descent from a mixed marriage or outside entrance into the clan, with Ahirwar meaning, "descendants of an Ahir".
AJGAR was a suggested caste alliance of the Ahir, Jat, Gujar and Rajputs castes.
Their customs are similar to other neighbouring Hindu peasant castes such as the Ahir, Jats and Gujars.
They are also known as Chaurasia, and are a sub-group within the larger Ahir community of South Asia.
Some famous villages of Ahir Dagar gotra are Dhatir, Mandkola,Jhakli, Duloth,Lulodh, Rajpura, Wajirpur, Panchgawa, Kho, Nathupur, Pathanwaal, Khanpur, Majri, Chandpur etc.
At present, majority of people who live in this village are Sorathia, Ahirs and Rabari.
According to ethnographies written by British civil servants such as H.A. Rose and Denzil Ibbetson, the Ghosi are Hindu Ahirs converted to Islam.
Producer Sangeeta Ahir, daughter-in-law of Bombay’s underworld don-turned-politician Arun Gawli’s sister, is making a film on the Great Bombay Textile Strike worker movement of the city.
Rao Raja Mitra Sen was a chandravanshi ahir and son of Rao Raja Tulsi Ram and was a ruler of Rewari.
It is believed that Caucasian Avar (Ahir) settled in the Sorath region and referred to their original homeland.
Vasanbhai Ahir is a member of Gujarat Legislative Assembly from Anjar constituency for 13th assembly since December 2012.