Govi, Govigama, Goigama, Goygama, Goyigama, Goviyo is the most influential and the dominant Caste in Sri Lanka and certainly comes as the leading cast in the hierarchy of cast system in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...

.The term Govi denotes farmer.From time immemorial the Govigama have been the landlords and have been responsible for the cultivation of the lands as the landed gentry of the country, in accordance with the traditional Rajakariya system (Sri Lanka’s Tenurial system of land holding).