They gradually settled all over the District and most of the villages had settlement of their community. Baiga or the village priest was from their community. The villages which did not have a village priest, persuaded cherva families to settle in their village so that the village had the services of a Baiga. Being social and helpful their community, members were welcome in all the villages. Thus the Cherva community settlements sprang up all over the District. They were associated with the ruling family and received their patronage. This also led to their economic development.

Rajwars

They are not able to throw any light on their past history. They had a Zamindari in Koriya State known as Gugra where they trace their ancestry to about Twelve Generations. So it can be assumed that they have been here for more than Twelve Generations. Probably they came two hundred to two hundred fifty years ago. Very first they came in Surguja and after some time they came in Koriya. Being close to the ruling family of Koriya they were given facilities to settle wherever they wanted. Originally they settled near the Rajdhani and shifted with the Rajdhani. When their population increased they cleared forests and developed new settlements. Being intelligent and hard working they became more affluent than the local people. Their earliest settlement were in Kharbet, Odgi, Bishunpur, Jampara, Bardia, Kudeti, Kathgodi, Gurga, Latma, Sardi, Kasra, Bodar etc.

Ahir and Gwalas

Their percentage in the population in the State is small. Their migration must have began in the late Nineteenth Century. According to them they have mostly migrated from Singrauli, and some from Surguja.

Sahu

According to the elders of their family, they have migrated from Waidhan and Singrauli in Sidhi District in the last decade of the Nineteenth Century. The original settlements were in Baikunthpur, Shadi Kharbet, Talwapara etc.