The Porowakara were a minority community of wood cutters from Sri Lanka. They were a part of the feudal land tenure system of Sri Lanka but eventually became absorbed into larger communities.
This community was classed as a sub-caste of the Govigama during the British period.
See also Caste system in Sri Lanka
References Ryan Bryce 1953 Caste in Modern Ceylon, Rutgers University Press Ceylon Gazetteer 1855