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Distribution of Jat gotras in Sikar district of Rajasthan
Sikar is one of the most important Jat districts in the country, which played crucial role in turning the history at various times. Be it the agitation of farmers against oppression by Jagirdars or freedom movement or agitation for getting reservation for Jats in jobs. It always took leading role.

Thakur Deshraj has mentioned in his book History of Jats that in 1931 the population of Jats was double the population of Rajputs in Rajputana. He has also given a list of Jat gotras in his book who reside in Rajasthan.

I thought to study the distribution pattern of Jat gotras in the Sikar district. There are no ready records or studies as such. So I took the membership list of Jat Jwala magazine published by All India Jat Mahasabha, Sikar on the occasion of 4th Jat Mahasammelan at Sikar on 25 December 2002. It had a list of 2742 jat members from through out the district. Out of these members I left those who did not use surname or those use Jat or Arya as surnames. There were 2238 jat members with their gotra as surname and village of residence in Sikar district is given. Thus the two attributes gotra and village were brought on excel file, tabulated and shorted out. There is an interesting result which gives which jat gotra lives in which village. This table is available with me and if any member is interested it can be uploaded. The following table is an abstract of the detailed table that gives population of each gotra as percentage of total jats in the district in the increasing order.

S.no. Gotra % Jats distribution
1 ahlawat 0.04 1 Low
2 bayala 0.04 1 Low
3 behda 0.04 1 Low
4 bhainri 0.04 1 Low
5 bhawala 0.04 1 Low
6 bochalya 0.04 1 Low
7 chandelia 0.04 1 Low
8 dadarwal 0.04 1 Low
9 devanda 0.04 1 Low
10 dhankad 0.04 1 Low
11 dhinwa 0.04 1 Low
12 dodwadia 0.04 1 Low
13 dudi 0.04 1 Low
14 faraswal 0.04 1 Low
15 genan 0.04 1 Low
16 guleria 0.04 1 Low
17 jatrana 0.04 1 Low
18 jewalia 0.04 1 Low
19 kankoria 0.04 1 Low
20 kapuria 0.04 1 Low
21 karir 0.04 1 Low
22 katewa 0.04 1 Low
23 khakal 0.04 1 Low
24 kharbas 0.04 1 Low
25 kharra 0.04 1 Low
26 khileri 0.04 1 Low
27 kukania 0.04 1 Low
28 lahri 0.04 1 Low
29 lamoria 0.04 1 Low
30 legha 0.04 1 Low
31 loyal 0.04 1 Low
32 manth 0.04 1 Low
33 natwaria 0.04 1 Low
34 padgad 0.04 1 Low
35 palasian 0.04 1 Low
36 palsania 0.04 1 Low
37 rabar 0.04 1 Low
38 rajharia 0.04 1 Low
39 raukas 0.04 1 Low
40 risaldar 0.04 1 Low
41 sain 0.04 1 Low
42 sakuniya 0.04 1 Low
43 set 0.04 1 Low
44 sevag 0.04 1 Low
45 singal 0.04 1 Low
46 sutla 0.04 1 Low
47 techra 0.04 1 Low
48 balauda 0.09 2 Low
49 bangarwa0.09 2 Low
50 barjati 0.09 2 Low
51 barkesia 0.09 2 Low
52 berwal 0.09 2 Low
53 bhadu 0.09 2 Low
54 bheda 0.09 2 Low
55 dangi 0.09 2 Low
56 dara 0.09 2 Low
57 ghosalia 0.09 2 Low
58 jangoo 0.09 2 Low
59 kalwania 0.09 2 Low
60 khedar 0.09 2 Low
61 khokhar 0.09 2 Low
62 kirdolia 0.09 2 Low
63 kok 0.09 2 Low
64 kulhar 0.09 2 Low
65 lamba 0.09 2 Low
66 lathar 0.09 2 Low
67 mahia 0.09 2 Low
68 mandia 0.09 2 Low
69 manju 0.09 2 Low
70 patel 0.09 2 Low
71 premi 0.09 2 Low
72 rabia 0.09 2 Low
73 rao 0.09 2 Low
74 rayal 0.09 2 Low
75 sinsinwal 0.09 2 Low
76 takhar 0.09 2 Low
77 bagarwa 0.13 3 Low
78 bajad 0.13 3 Low
79 bajdolia 0.13 3 Low
80 barala 0.13 3 Low
81 kharinta 0.13 3 Low
82 sohu 0.13 3 Low
83 thebad 0.13 3 Low
84 thori 0.13 3 Low
85 badsara 0.18 4 Low
86 beniwal 0.18 4 Low
87 birda 0.18 4 Low
88 boran 0.18 4 Low
89 dhariwal 0.18 4 Low
90 dular 0.18 4 Low
91 fardolia 0.18 4 Low
92 jethoo 0.18 4 Low
93 mangawa 0.18 4 Low
94 sangwan 0.18 4 Low
95 sarawag 0.18 4 Low
96 bugalia 0.22 5 Medium
97 doodhwal 0.22 5 Medium
98 jhuria 0.22 5 Medium
99 khairwa 0.22 5 Medium
100 lora 0.22 5 Medium
101 muwal 0.22 5 Medium
102 nain 0.22 5 Medium
103 fogawat 0.27 6 Medium
104 rad 0.27 6 Medium
105 repswal 0.27 6 Medium
106 achara 0.31 7 Medium
107 bhanwaria0.31 7 Medium
108 budania 0.31 7 Medium
109 fanan 0.31 7 Medium
110 ruhela 0.31 7 Medium
111 rulania 0.31 7 Medium
112 birk 0.36 8 Medium
113 dookya 0.36 8 Medium
114 kasania 0.36 8 Medium
115 kudi 0.36 8 Medium
116 pawaria 0.36 8 Medium
117 bhinchar 0.4 9 Medium
118 haritwal 0.4 9 Medium
119 saran 0.41 9 Medium
120 dotasara 0.45 10 Medium
121 githala 0.45 10 Medium
122 hudda 0.45 10 Medium
123 kaler 0.45 10 Medium
124 kaswa 0.45 10 Medium
125 piploda 0.45 10 Medium
126 samota 0.45 10 Medium
127 tetarwal 0.45 10 Medium
128 gora 0.49 11 Medium
129 mawlia 0.54 12 Medium
130 naga 0.54 12 Medium
131 siyak 0.62 14 Medium
132 dorwal 0.63 14 Medium
133 bhadia 0.67 15 Medium
134 jhajharia 0.67 15 Medium
135 matwa 0.67 15 Medium
136 sheoran 0.71 16 Medium
137 sheshma 0.71 16 Medium
138 chhabarwal0.76 17 Medium
139 karwasra 0.76 17 Medium
140 godara 0.8 18 Medium
141 kalirawna 0.8 18 Medium
142 mali 0.85 19 Medium
143 pachar 0.85 19 Medium
144 thalod 0.86 17 Medium
145 dhayal 0.89 20 Medium
146 mandiwal 0.89 20 Medium
147 nitharwal 0.89 20 Medium
148 rewad 0.89 20 Medium
149 sewda 0.89 20 Medium
150 kulhari 0.94 21 Medium
151 bhuria 1.03 23 Large
152 batar 1.07 24 Large
153 chahar 1.08 24 Large
154 mehria 1.16 26 Large
155 sunda 1.25 28 Large
156 ola 1.34 30 Large
157 kajla 1.39 31 Large
158 moond 1.39 31 Large
159 ranwa 1.43 32 Large
160 khyalia 1.52 34 Large
161 bhukar 1.65 37 Large
162 punia 1.72 38 Large
163 bajiya 1.79 40 Large
164 mahla 1.83 41 Large
165 burdak 2.02 45 Large
166 fageria 2.14 48 Large
167 bhakar 2.76 61 Large
168 bagaria 2.83 63 Large
169 bhamu 3.26 73 Large
170 nehra 3.48 78 Large
171 meel 3.62 81 Large
172 garhwal 3.72 83 Large
173 pilania 3.73 83 Large
174 bijarnia 3.75 84 Large
175 khichar 3.75 84 Large
176 jakhar 4.12 92 Large
177 dhaka 5.52 123 Large
100 2238

Conclusions
*There are total 177 gotras found in Sikar district from members list of All India Jat Mahsabha, Sikar.
*Out of these total 177 gotras found in Sikar district the largest 27 gotras with their population more than 1 % of jat population are 1.Dhaka (5.52 %), 2.Jakhar (4.12 %), 3.Khichar (3.75 %), 4.Bijarnia (3.75 %), 5.Pilania (3.73 %), 6.Garhwal (3.72 %), 7.Meel (3.62 %), 8.Nehra (3.48 %), 9.Bhamu (3.26 %), 10.Bagaria (2.83 %), 11.Bhakar (2.76 %), 12.Fageria (2.14 %), 13.Burdak (2.02 %), 14.Mahla (1.83 %), 15.Bajiya (1.79 %), 16.Punia (1.72 %), 17.Bhukar (1.65 %), 18.Khyalia (1.52 %), 19.Ranwa (1.43 %), 20.Moond (1.39 %) 21.Kajla (1.39 %), 22.Ola (1.34 %), 23.Sunda (1.25 %),24.Mehria (1.16 %), 25.Chahar (1.08 %), 26.Batar (1.07 %), 27.Bhuria (1.03 %) .

*These 27 largest gotras in the above table constitute about 65 % of Jat population in the district. These bigger gotras seem to have come to the district in early periods and have spread faster. Some of these gotras had their republics in the district.

*The next 55 medium gotras (bugalia 0.22 % – kulhari 0.94 %) constitute 27.5 % of Jat population. These have population percentage ranging from 0.94 % - 0.22 %. These seem to have come up in the middle periods.

*The rest 95 gotras (ahlawat 0.04 % – sarawag 0.18 %) in the list constitute only 7.5 % of Jat population. These are lesser-known gotras in Sikar district with low distribution, which have come from out side in later periods and hence could not spread. These are located in only few villages.
 
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Great info and research Laxman Sir. Hats off !
Thanks very much for sharing.
You are one of the most geniune researcher of Jat history and working very quietly.
Keep the good work on.

Regards.
 
Burdak Sahab,

really good work with the limited leads and stats that you had to start with .... thanks a lot for taking time to look into such matters and enlightining us too
 
very gud info respected uncleji
thanks a lot!
what about Takhar Jats?
btw Burdak Jat r also found in our area!
Im basically from Kisangarh Renwal, JAipur

Rock on
Jit
 
Very good work

Hopefully this will encourage other members to add more information about their districts.


The Jat mahasammelan attracting 2500 attendess is also a good statistic


Ravi Chaudhary
 
Sikar file uploded

Hi members,

Here is the detailed file on Sikar district I have prepared. The excel file can not be loaded on Jatland so I have converted to text file. You can convert it back to excel file for analysis. This has all entries of gotra and corresponding entry of village in which that gotra person lives. I left first name of persons. Now if you short it gotra wise you can know relatively how many people of this gotra are found in which villages. If you short it village wise then you can know in each village which gotras are found. Find the file attached.

Thanks
 
Distribution of Jat gotras in Madhya Pradesh Part-I

The early history
The earliest mention of Jats in Malwa region of Madhya Pradesh is by Thakur Deshraj in around 5th century BC. Thakur Deshraj has mentioned in his book on History of Jats “Jat Itihas” (Hindi) (1934) that the country Assyria gets its name from Asiagh gotra Jats. The origin of word Asiagh is from Sanskrit word ‘Asi’ meaning sword. According to Kautilya the people who depended on ‘Asi’ (sword) for their living were known as Asiagh. The Asiaghs moved from Asirgarh in Malwa to Europe. Those who settled in Jangladesh were called Asiagh and those who moved to Scandinavia were known as Asi. These Jats entered Scandinavia around 500 BCE.

Another mention of Jats in Malwa of Madhya Pradesh by Thakur Deshraj is of dynasty of rulers the Singhvarma who was contemporary of Samudragupta (335-375 AD). Yasodharman was the king of Malwa, from the above dynasty, during the early part of the 6th century. The Gupta empire had been weakened by the attacks of the Indo-Hephthalites, known in India as the Hunas, towards the end of the 5th century, which caused it to break up into smaller states. Yasodharman declared independence. Yasodharman defeated a Huna army in 528, which checked the Huna expansion in India. Twin monolithic pillars at Sondani in Mandsaur District were erected by Yasodharman as a record of his victory.

Present Jat population
The population of Jats in Madhya Pradesh at present is not so significant to affect its policies but it has a sizable population in certain areas. The present Jats found in Madhya Pradesh trace their ancestors to have come from out side. They can be divided into four groups:

1. Jats migrated from Rajasthan: -

The lands in Rajasthan were unproductive and there used to be severe natural calamities at regular intervals. In addition to this the condition of Jat farmers were very miserable before independence in all respects socially, economically and politically. The jagirdars had imposed large number of cesses and lags on them. As such farmers were left with only about one fifth of its produce. They were badly exploited by jagirdars. Some people moved out of jagirdari areas to khalsa areas in Rajasthan itself, which were in direct control of the state. Others moved towards Madhya Pradesh. The scarcity of food and fodder for animals and the pressure of Jagirdars forced them to move out of Rajasthan. The Narmada River attracted them and they settled in Narsinghpur, Hoshangabad, Harda, Dewas, Indore and Dhar districts situated on the banks of Narmada. They hold good chunks of land in these areas. Their language and culture is malvi, which is very similar to Rajasthani. It appears that they carried with them the worship of Tejaji folk-deity from Rajasthan.

2. Jats migrated from Uttar Pradesh: -

The Jats of Uttar Pradesh who came to Madhya Pradesh were of three types (1) The freedom fighters of the first freedom movement of 1857 came to hide in the interior areas of Madhya Pradesh to avoid any punishments by British Raj. (2) Some people got jobs in the princely states or British governed areas like Hoshangabad, Sagar, and Narsinghpur etc. They got cheap lands and settled in these areas. (3) Some people left Uttar Pradesh due to their social or family or land disputes and settled in Madhya Pradesh. Some of them such as Bamraulias from village Bamrauli near Agra came in 1505 and founded Gohad Jat state. The Tomar Jats founded Bhind city and Khaiwar Jats founded Narsinghpur city.

3. Jats migrated from Haryana:-

Jats from Haryana came mainly for cultivating lands here or to get jobs in industries or government organizations. Not many came for business from Haryana though many are engaged in dairy industry here.
4. Jats migrated from Punjab: -
The Jats of Punjab came to Madhya Pradesh mainly for business or to start industries. The transport and automobile industry has dominance of these people. The Punjab Jats came to Madhya Pradesh because conditions were favourable here as compared to Punjab.
 
Distribution of Jat gotras in Madhya Pradesh-PartII

Study of distribution of Jats in Madhya Pradesh

There is no study how these Jats spread to various areas in the state and the impact they left on the local people. According to Thakur Deshraj Malwa region gets its name from Mall republics who were famous during Mahabharata and Bhuddhist periods. Mall tribe is found in Jats and Brahmans. According to Katyayan they became Malwi in Brahmans and Mali in Jat Kshatriyas. Both these words have been derived from Sanskrit word Malav. Mall tribes were in the neighbourhood of Videhi tribe and came to this area in later periods. Earlier this country was known as Avanti. Vikramditya was ruler of this country. Malwa was a fertile and wealty country. Like Punjab and Sindh it was abode of Jats. Jats ruled this country.

I wanted to test the hypothesis put forward by Thakur Deshraj that the Mall tribe became Mali in Jats. From the following analysis I found that Mali Jats are there in Bhopal and Seoni malwa (Hoshangabad). Mali jats have also been found in analysis of Sikar Jat gotras. This indicates that when their republic was destroyed they moved to other areas of Madhya Pradesh and some moved to Rajasthan. Similar is the case with Siyak or Asiagh gotra mentioned by Thakur Deshraj. Siyak gotra is found in Seoni Malwa as well as in Bhopal. Siyak gotra is also found in Rajasthan.

Basis of Data analysed

I got gotra records from Smarika “Purusharth” published by Jat Sabha Bhopal “Pariwar Parichay Visheshank – 2003”. It has recorded gotras of 1091 members from all over the Madhya Pradesh state. The count of each gotra has been given in the following list in bracket after that gotra. It gives roughly the number of persons of that gotra per thousand in the state.

List of Jat gotras in Madhya Pradesh

1. adhran (1) 2. ading (1) 3. ahlawat (15) 4. anjane (1) 5. atri (8) 6. bagarwa (1) 7. baja (1) 8. balhara (1) 9. balyan (23) 10. bamal (1) 11. bamrolia (1) 12. bangadwa (4) 13. barach (1) 14. barad (1) 15. barayli (5) 16. bargoti (1) 17. basbana (1) 18. basman (1) 19. bast (2) 20. baswan (1) 21. batesar (4) 22. beda (16) 23. beniwal (1) 24. bhagor (2) 25. bhakal (3) 26. bhalothia (3) 27. bhamu (1)
28. Bharengar (10) 29. Bhari (7) 30. Bhukar (1) 31. Bijarnia (1) 32. bijolia (8) 33. binda (13) 34. bisayti (21) 35. bisonia (1) 36. bohra (12) 37. budhe (4) 38. budhwar (10) 39. burdak (4) 40. chahal (3)
41. Chahar (2) 42. Chandel (4) 43. Chaudhary (2) 44. chhokar (10)
45. Chikora (1) 46. Chotya (1) 47. Choyal (4) 48. Dabaria (1) 49. Dabas (1) 50. Dabisa (4) 51. Dadarwal (3) 52. dagar (8) 53. dahiya (3) 54. dalal (19) 55. dandak (12) 56. dashpuria (2) 57. dedar (4) 58. deshwal (9) 59. dhadaria (6) 60. dhainyar (1) 61. dhaka (5) 62. dhanerya (1) 63. dhankad (3) 64. dhankher (2) 65. dhatiriya (6) 66. dhayal (1) 67. dhillon (1) 68. dhorelia (1) 69. dilwal (3) 70. dingwal (4) 71. dinwal (2) 72. diswar (4) 73. dondaria (2) 74. dongre (1) 75. dudi (6) 76. durwas (1) 77. dusadh (4) 78. fadak (1) 79. faraswal (4) 80. fogat (11) 81. foyar (1) 82. gadarwal (1) 83. gahlawat (3) 84. garhwal (1) 85. gathware (12) 86. gehlod (1) 87. gehlot (4) 88. ghanghas (8) 89. ghariyala (1) 90. godara (4) 91. gode (1) 92. godha (1) 93. golia (4) 94. golya (3) 95. gora (1) 96. gulia (2) 97. guriwal (2) 98. hanselia (8) 99. hathingarwar (6) 100. hudda (4) 101. indolia (4) 102. jajda (1) 103. jakhar (4) 104. janawa (1) 105. jangoo (4) 106. jat (22) 107. jhunkale (1) 108. kadwal (1) 109. kadyan (11) 110. kajal (1) 111. kalhari (1) 112. kalkhanda (7) 113. kapdia (1) 114. karwada (2) 115. kashyap (3) 116. kaul (1) 117. khainwar (11) 118. khairwa (13) 119. kharb (8) 120. khatri (1) 121. khod (1) 122. khoja (1) 123. khokhar (7) 124. khutel (8) 125. kudia (6) 126. kuhad (1) 127. kuiya (5) 128. kulhar (1) 129. kundu (3) 130. lachau (1) 131. lakkad (6) 132. lalau (1) 133. lalgathwaria (4) 134. lamba (1) 135. lauchak (1) 136 legha(5) 137. mali (7) 138. malik(32) 139. mandia(4) 140. mann (2) 141. marawat (1) 142. maya (1) 143. mehria (3) 144. menchu (2) 145. mohla(1) 146. motra(1) 147. mudwara (1) 148. mundel (7) 149. naga (1) 150. nain (3) 151. nandav (1) 152. narolia (9) 153. narwar (2) 154. nauhwar (11) 155. naunwar (5) 156. nawad (1) 157. nehra (10) 158. nonwar (8) 159. ohlan (4) 160. pachar (9) 161. pachhare (4) 162. padode (3) 163. paldia (1) 164. palwar (24) 165. pander (4) 166. pandhal (9) 167. paraswan (1) 168. paraya (1) 169. patel (7) 170. pawar (2) 171. penda (1) 172. pichkya (3) 173. poras (1) 174. puchhwar (22) 175. punia (5) 176. rahi (1) 177. rajaura (7) 178. rana (7) 179. ranwa (5) 180. rao (1) 181. rathi (16) 182. rawat (3) 183. ruhil (1) 184. sangwan (24) 185. saran (29) 186. saroha (1) 187. serawat (1) 188. sheshma (3) 189. shyorat (4) 190. sidia (3) 191. sigar (1) 192. sihak (1) 193. sikarwar (5) 194. sindhu (4) 195. sinsinwar (8) 196. sirohi (30) 197. siwach (4) 198. siyak (6) 199. sogarwal (6) 200. sohrot (14) 201. solanki (12) 202. soni (1) 203. takhar (3) 204. tanwar (3) 205. tewatia (5) 206. thadwar (1) 207. thakur (5) 208. thakurel (9) 209. thakurela (6) 210. tharol (18) 211. thenua (29) 212. thukrele (4) 213. thusya (3) 214. tomar (13) 215. toor (3) 216. verma (3)
Total counts =1091

District wise distribution

The above data when compiled district wise we find the distribution of Jats in various districts as under:-
Bhopal city (767), Rest of Bhopal district (79), Dewas (9), Dhar (5), Harda (35), Hoshangabad (9), Indore (23), Jabalpur (3), Khargone (3), Narsinghpur (7), Raisen (9), Rajgarh (11), Ratlam (1), Sehore (95), Shajapur (30), Tikamgarh (1), Ujjain (3), Vidisha (1)
Total counts = 1091

Conclusions: -
*There are 216 gotras found in Madhya Pradesh.
*Maximum number of Jats was found in Bhopal. These are mostly engaged in various services, which have come from different states. Maximum variety of Jat gotras is also in Bhopal. The number of Jat gotras in Bhopal is 60. It appears that almost all people from Bhopal are members of Jat Sabha Bhopal. But Jat Sabha might not have accessed the interior areas for membership.

*Other areas in which Jats are found in sizable proportion are Bhopal district, Sehore district, Harda district, dewas district and Shajapur district. The Khategaon tehsil of Dewas district is very rich in Jat population which is not reflected in membership list. So I have added Dewas district by this observation.

*The list of gotras includes those of ladies also in many families. These gotras are few in number but provide variety to the gotras. In the list above Gotra with a single count normally indicates such Gotra. These are 78 gotras in the list.

*The larger fifteen gotras in decreasing order with counts are
1.malik (32) 2.sirohi (30) 3.thenua (29) 4.saran (29) 5.sangwan (24) 6. palwar (24) 7.balyan (23) 8. puchhwar (22) 9.bisayti (21) 10.dalal (19) 11.tharol (18) 12.rathi (16) 13.beda (16) 14.ahlawat (15) 15.sohrot (14)
*The Jats who became Zamindars in the state started using names like Thakur, Thakurel, Thakurele, Thakurela, Thukrele etc. All these combined are a sizable population making a count of 24 in the membership list.
*The Jats of Gwalior region put Rana as surname, which is based on a title.
*The Jat farmers of Malwa region use Patel as surname, which is used as a title for the headman of a village.

References
* Smarika “Purusharth” published by Jat Sabha Bhopal “Pariwar Parichay Visheshank – 2003”.
*Smarika “Purusharth” published by Jat Sabha Bhopal, May 1985
 
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Thanks for providing Great & innovative information, Sir,
Vinod


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mali was a kingdom at present day multan in pakistan when the macedonian alexander the great came to india. he was struck by an arrow by an archor during fighting with mali.
another acheivement of Jats which not many people know about.
 
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