'''ग्वालवंशी अहीर''' भारतीय अहीर जाती की एक प्रबल उपशाखा है जो निचले दोआब, अवध और पूर्वांचल में बसी हुई है। अहीरों के मुख्यतः तीन उपविभाग हैं (नंदवंशी, ग्वालवंशी और यदुवंशी)।
'''ग्वालवंशी''' या [[ग्वाला]], जिनका मुख्य व्यवसाय,पशु चराना ,और ''दूध'' बेचना होता है। ग्वाला का मतलब चरवाहा होता हैं।<ref>https://books.google.co.in/books?id=qUZuAAAAMAAJ&q=gwala+or+gwalbans&dq=gwala+or+gwalbans&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjSp9fo_qGGAxV83DgGHXRGB6Y4ChDrAXoECAQQBQ#gwala</ref><ref>https://books.google.co.in/books?id=L-tVgTbV980C&pg=PA273&dq=%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE+%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwip9tqKorKGAxXwxTgGHZMjBJUQ6wF6BAgGEAU#v=onepage&q=%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE&f=false</ref> ग्वालो के '''महिलाये''' भी दूध-दही बेचती हैं।<ref>https://books.google.co.in/books?id=9dBQw005ldgC&pg=PA47&dq=%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A8+%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%A7+%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%9A&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwil7KzBp7KGAxXri2MGHfRRANYQ6wF6BAgFEAU#v=onepage&q=%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A8%20%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%A7%20%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%9A&f=false</ref>
'''ग्वालवंशी''' भारतीय [[चरवाहा ]] जाती की एक प्रबल<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=l_frAAAAMAAJ&q=Gwalbans+Ahir&dq=Gwalbans+Ahir&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjt8ObtpvqEAxVpR2wGHSJLAv44FBDoAXoECAIQAw#Gwalbans|title=Population and Housing Problems in India|last=Maurya|first=Sahab Deen|date=1989|publisher=Chugh Publications|isbn=978-81-85076-77-5|language=en}}</ref> उपशाखा है<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=RvlWAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA210&dq=Gwalbans&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiV6YGPiaqEAxVicmwGHddEAW44ChDoAXoECAkQAw#v=onepage&q=There%20are%20three%20main%20clans%20among%20them%20Jadubans%20Nandbans%20and%20Gwalbans&f=false|title=A Handbook of the Fighting Races of India|last=Bonarjee|first=P. D.|date=1899|publisher=Thacker, Spink & Company|language=en}}</ref> जो [[दोआब|निचले दोआब]], [[अवध]] और [[पूर्वांचल]] में बसी हुई है।<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=xlpLAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA297&dq=Gwalbans+Lower+Doab&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwitgp2iiKqEAxX0S2cHHXJZBioQ6AF6BAgMEAM#v=onepage&q=Gwalbans%20Lower%20Doab&f=false|title=Hindu Castes and Sects: An Exposition of the Origin of the Hindu Caste System and the Bearing of the Sects Towards Each Other and Towards Other Religious Systems|last=Bhattacharya|first=Jogendra Nath|date=1896|publisher=Thacker, Spink|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=QJUbAQAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA203&dq=Gwalbans+Lower+Doab&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwitgp2iiKqEAxX0S2cHHXJZBioQ6AF6BAgIEAM#v=onepage&q=Gwalbans%20Lower%20Doab&f=false|title=Calcutta Review|date=1885|publisher=University of Calcutta|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=tCc-AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA4&dq=Oudh+Ah%C3%ADrs&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwis67XZiKqEAxXWS2wGHT2aALEQ6AF6BAgHEAM#v=onepage&q=Oudh%20Ah%C3%ADrs%20are%20generally&f=false|title=An Ethnographical Hand-book for the N.-W. Provinces and Oudh|last=Crooke|first=William|date=1890|publisher=North-Western provinces and Oudh government Press|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=C3MbAAAAIAAJ&q=Gwalbans&dq=Gwalbans&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwif7eekiaqEAxUJSmwGHZyjB8A4HhDoAXoECAgQAw#Gwalbans%20which%20is%20settled%20in%20the%20eastern%20districts|title=Uttar Pradesh District Gazetteers|last=Pradesh (India)|first=Uttar|date=1988|publisher=Government of Uttar Pradesh|language=en}}</ref> अहीरों के मुख्यतः दो उपविभाग हैं ([[अहीर|नंदवंशी]], और [[यदुवंशी]])।<ref name=":0" />
