Pagaruša () is a village in the municipality of Studeničani, North Macedonia.
History The village is recorded in the 1467/68 defter, as a timar (land grant) of Hamza Arnauti, Arnaut being a Turkified version for Albanian. During the end of the 17th and beginning of the 18th centuries, Muslims from the Debar area settled in villages in the Skopje area, such as Pagaruša.
Demographics On the 1927 ethnic map of Leonhard Schulze-Jena, the village is shown as an Albanian village.Schultze Jena, Leonhard. Makedonien: Landschafts- und Kulturbilder. Jena, Verlag von Gustav Fischer, 1927 Pagaruša has traditionally been inhabited by a Torbeš population. p. 126. "Еден дел од торбешката група, кои на крајот на XVII век и во почетокот на XVIII-иот, во времето на големите миграциони движења во Македонија, ја напуштило старата територија (Дебарско) и се преселило во централните области на Македонија. Така се формирале шет торбешки села во Скопско (Пагаруша, Д. Количани, Држилово, Цветово, Елово, Умово) и две Велешко (Г. Врановци и Мелница)." The village has undergone some depopulation as villagers have migrated to Turkey or nearby Skopje and surrounding villages in North Macedonia. Though most Macedonian-speaking Muslims are Sunni, in Pagaruša followers of Sufi Islam are present attached to various Sufi orders such as the Melami, Halveti.. "Die Mehrheit der Torbeschen sin Sunniten. Anhänger der Derwisch-Orden der Halveti, der Melami und der Bektaschie lassen sich vereinzelt in Kičevo sowie in den Dörfen Pagaruša und Melnica finden.
According to the 2021 census, the village had a total of 181 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:Macedonian Census (2021), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2021
Turks 147 Albanians 9 Others 25
YearMacedonianAlbanianTurksRomaniVlachsSerbsBosniaksOthersTotal2002...1226...............2272021...9147............25181
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