Jat clans of Rawalpindi Division
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Below is a list of Muslim Jat clans and their population of the Rawalpindi Division
Rawalpindi Division
Rawalpindi Division was one of the administrative subdivisions of the Punjab province of Pakistan, forming part of the third tier of government below the federal and provincial levels...

 of Punjab
Punjab (Pakistan)
Punjab is the most populous province of Pakistan, with approximately 45% of the country's total population. Forming most of the Punjab region, the province is bordered by Kashmir to the north-east, the Indian states of Punjab and Rajasthan to the east, the Pakistani province of Sindh to the...

, drawn up for 1911 Census of India. In 1911, the Rawalpindi Division
Rawalpindi Division
Rawalpindi Division was one of the administrative subdivisions of the Punjab province of Pakistan, forming part of the third tier of government below the federal and provincial levels...

 consisted of five districts, Rawalpindi
Rawalpindi District
Rawalpindi is a district of Pakistan in the north of the Punjab province which contains the city of Rawalpindi. The district has an area of . It was part of Rawalpindi Division, until the year 2000 when the division was abolished...

, Sargodha
Sargodha District
Sargodha District is a district of Punjab province, Pakistan, the capital of the district is Sargodha. It is an agricultural district, wheat, rice, and sugarcane being its main crops. The Sargodha district and region are also famous for citrus fruit; kino is a newly developed variety...

, Attock
Attock District
Attock District is a district in the north-west Punjab Province of Pakistan.The district was created in April 1904 by the merger of Talagang Tehsil in the Jhelum District with the Pindigheb, Fatehjang and Attock tehsils from Rawalpindi District of the Punjab province of British India.Attock...

, Jhelum
Jhelum District
Jhelum District is in the Punjab province of Pakistan. According the 1998 census the district had a population of 936,957, of which 31.48% were urban. Jhelum is known for providing a large number of soldiers to the British and later to the Pakistan armed forces due to which it is also known as...

, Mianwali
Mianwali District
Mianwali is a district in the northwest of Punjab province, Pakistan. It borders eight districts: Attock District in the north, Chakwal District in the northeast, Khushab District in the east, and Bhakkar District in the south, while Lakki Marwat lies to the west, Kohat and Karak districts to the...

 and Gujrat
Gujrat District
Gujrat is a district of Punjab Province in Pakistan. It is an ancient district located in between two famous rivers, the Jhelum and Chenab. Because of its proximity with the rivers the land is good for cultivation with rice and sugar cane as main crops...

.The appearance of a particular tribe as Jat
Jat people
The Jat people are a community of traditionally non-elite tillers and herders in Northern India and Pakistan. Originally pastoralists in the lower Indus river-valley of Sindh, Jats migrated north into the Punjab region in late medieval times, and subsequently into the Delhi Territory,...

 in the list does not in itself confirm that the tribe is Jat or otherwise. Identity may change with time, and some groups in the list may no longer identify themselves as Jats. This list is simply gives an historical distribution of Muslim Jat tribes in the Punjab
Punjab (Pakistan)
Punjab is the most populous province of Pakistan, with approximately 45% of the country's total population. Forming most of the Punjab region, the province is bordered by Kashmir to the north-east, the Indian states of Punjab and Rajasthan to the east, the Pakistani province of Sindh to the...

 province of Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

, a number of years prior to the partition of Punjab.

Rawalpindi District
Rawalpindi District
Rawalpindi is a district of Pakistan in the north of the Punjab province which contains the city of Rawalpindi. The district has an area of . It was part of Rawalpindi Division, until the year 2000 when the division was abolished...

The total Muslim Jat population of the district, according to the 1931 Census of India, was 15,722 (96%) out of a total population of 16,373. According to the 1911 census, the following were the principal Muslim Jat clans:
Tribe Rawalpindi Tehsil  Gujar Khan Tehsil
Gujar Khan Tehsil
Gujar Khan Tehsil, head-quartered at Gujar Khan, is one of the seven Tehsils of Rawalpindi District in the Punjab province of Pakistan...

 
Murree Tehsil
Murree Tehsil
Murree Tehsil is one of the seven Tehsils of Rawalpindi District in the Punjab province of Pakistan.Murree Tehsil is located in the northernmost part of Punjab province where it borders the North West Frontier Province...

Kahuta Tehsil
Kahuta Tehsil
Kahuta Tehsil is one of the seven Tehsils of Rawalpindi District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The neighbouring Tehsil of Kotli Sattian used to be part of Kahuta, but was later created as a separate tehsil.-History:...

 
Total
Aura  380 230 610
Baghial
Baghial
The Baghial are a Rajput tribe of Punjab, Pakistan. The tribe is found chiefly in the Rawalpindi District, where they occupy five villages in the Gujar Khan Tehsil. They also to be a found in the Jhelum, Gujrat and Gujranwala districts of the Punjab and Mirpur and Kotli Districts of Azad Kashmir...

 
72 3 21 96
Bangial
Bangial
The Bangial, or sometime spelt Bangyal are a tribe of Rajputs found principally in the Potohar region of Punjab, Pakistan. They also to be a found in the Jhelum, Gujrat and Gujranwala districts of the Punjab.-History and origins:...

 
727 445 32 1,204
Boria 30 16 46
Chhina  9 4 13
Dhamial (Jat)  513 635 286 68 1,502
Dhamtal 520 520
Gondal  424 303 89 816
Hindan 262 279 541
Kalyal  9 120 129
Kanyal  149 149
Khatril
Khatril
The Khatril are a tribe found in Pakistan, almost exclusively in Rawalpindi District. They were included among the Dhund Abbasi in the 1921 census...

 
49 1,729 219 2,004
Magial 66 3 69
Mial
Mial
Mial, or more correctly pronounced Miyal are a Rajput tribe found mainly in northern districts of Punjab, Pakistan. They are one of a number of small clans of Muslim agriculturists scattered over the Pothohar plateau region, who claim to be Rajput. According to some traditions, the Mial are Qureshi...

 
25 25
Sial  420 420
Sudhan  104 71 175
Thathal  53 53

Jhelum District
Jhelum District
Jhelum District is in the Punjab province of Pakistan. According the 1998 census the district had a population of 936,957, of which 31.48% were urban. Jhelum is known for providing a large number of soldiers to the British and later to the Pakistan armed forces due to which it is also known as...

The total Muslim Jat population of the district, according to the 1931 Census of India, was 84,361 (99%) out of a total population of 85,459. These were the main Jat clans in Jhelum District
Jhelum District
Jhelum District is in the Punjab province of Pakistan. According the 1998 census the district had a population of 936,957, of which 31.48% were urban. Jhelum is known for providing a large number of soldiers to the British and later to the Pakistan armed forces due to which it is also known as...

, as enumerated in the 1911 Census of India:
Tribe Jhelum Tehsil
Jhelum Tehsil
Jhelum Tehsil is an administrative subdivision of Jhelum District in Punjab province, Pakistan. The tehsil is subdivided into 27 Union Councils and is heaquartered at the city of Jhelum.-History:...

 
Pind Dadan Khan Tehsil  Chakwal Tehsil
Chakwal Tehsil
Chakwal Tehsil is an administrative subdivision of Chakwal District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The tehsil is subdivided into 38 Union Councils - five of which form the capital Chakwal. During British rule the tehsil was part of Jhelum District, according to the 1901 census the population...

 
Total
Bains
Bains (Jat)
Bains is a gotra of Jat found in Punjab, India and Punjab, it is also suggest that Wains is an alternate spelling of Bains in Pakistan.-History and origin:There are a number of theories as to the origin of the Bains....

 
275 34 309
Bhakral
Bhakral
The Bhakral are a Muslim Rajput tribe found in the Punjab province of Pakistan. Another pronunciation is Pakhral, particularly in Rawalpindi.Their population according to the 1931 census of India, was 6,600...

 
982 2 1,163 2,147
Bangial
Bangial
The Bangial, or sometime spelt Bangyal are a tribe of Rajputs found principally in the Potohar region of Punjab, Pakistan. They also to be a found in the Jhelum, Gujrat and Gujranwala districts of the Punjab.-History and origins:...

 
64 3 1,802 1,869
Bhans 788 400 1,188
Bhutta
Bhutta
Bhutta is a Jatt tribe found in Punjab, Pakistan. The Bhutta are of Rajput origin are descended from a branch of the Suryavanshi Rajput family. Like "Soomra" jats of Punjab became Soomro in Sindh, likewise "Bhutta" became Bhutto when tribe moved towards south of Indus valley...

 
141 28 463 632
Bhatti  99 191 2,856 3,146
Chadhar
Chadhar
Chadhar is a Punjabi tribe in India and Pakistan. They are both Rajputs and Jats, and are Aryan.This caste should not be confused with another Indian caste spelled similarly, which is found in Madhya Pardesh India and is amongst one of the Indian Scheduled Caste...

 
304 101 196 601
Dhamial (Jat)  332 59 3,979 4,730
Dhudhi
Dhudhi
The Dhudi are a tribe of Panhwar, Panwar, Parmar Rajput origin, found in the Punjab province of Pakistan. According to the 1931 census of India they had a population of 5,800....

 
142 384 526
Gungal
Gungal
The Gungal are a Rajput tribe, found in the Pothohar region of Punjab, Pakistan.-History and origin:The Gungal are a tribe, that claims to be Chandravanshi Rajputs. They claim descent from Gungal, a Bhatti Rajput....

75 401 573 1,049
Ghogha 238 442 30 710
Gondal  2,574 1,155 2,820 6,549
Gujjral
Gujjral
The Gujjral are a Muslim Gujjars clan found almost entirely in Gujrat and Jhelum Districts of Punjab, Pakistan. - History & Origin :The tribe claims descent from a Gujjral, a Rajput who lived sometime in the 17th Century. According to their tradition, Gujjral was suckled by a Gujjar foster mother,...

 
26 762 788
Hariar 573 6 579
Haral  437 7 56 500
Jandral
Jandral
The Jandral are a Jat clan found in the province of Punjab Pakistan.The tribe found mainly in the Pind Dadan Khan Tehsil of Jhelum District. Their customs are similar to neighbouring tribes such as the Lilla and Gondal....

 
14 410 194 618
Jangal 216 1 355 572
Jhammat
Jhammat
Jhammat is a Jat tribe found in the province of Punjab, Pakistan.- Overview :They are found in large area from Jhelum District in the north to Bahawalpur District in the south, in the Punjab province. The tribe has a large concentrations in Bhakkar, Chakwal, Sargodha and Khushab districts. The...

 
31 366 1,074 1,471
Jatal
Jatal
The Jatal are a tribe of Janjua Rajputs, found in Punjab province of Pakistan.According the 1931 Census of India their male population was about 750...

433 254 23 710
Kalyal  574 7 2,458 3,039
Kanyal  145 2 2,456 2,603
Khanda 24 363 347 734
Khingar
Khingar
The Khinger or Khingar are a gotra of Bhatti Rajputs, found in the Potohar region of Pakistan.-History and origin:The Khingar are found mainly in Jhelum District, and Gujar Khan Tehsil of Rawalpindi District. Like many other Potohar tribes, they claim to both of Jat and Bhatti Rajput status...

 
902 3 241 1,146
Khatarmal
Khatarmal
The Khatarmal are a gotra of Jats, found in the Punjab, Pakistan..-History and origin:The tribe claims descent from Khatarmal, a Gakhar nobleman.Khatarmal's descendants contracted marriage with neighbouring Jat clans, as such also became Jat...

 
12 1 1,171 1,184
Khoti
Khoti
The Khoti are a gotra of Jats, found in the Punjab region of Pakistan.-History and origin:According to the traditions of the tribe, the Khoti are descendent from a Raja Kang...

 
68 12 566 646
Minhas
Minhas
Minhas or Manhas or Minhas-Dogra is a Suryavanshi Rajput clan from the Punjab region and Jammu & Kashmir in India and Pakistan. It is an off-shoot of Jamwal-Dogra Rajputs, the founders of the city and state of Jammu and its rulers from ancient times to 1948 CE...

 
64 393 457
Matyal 1,147 1,147
Mekan
Mekan (tribe)
The Maken are a Rajput clan found in Punjab, Pakistan.- History and origin :The word Maken came from urdu word مے کن mean Bar Keeper . They claim descent from the Parmara Rajputs, and spring from the same ancestor as the Dhudhi tribe. The tribe claims to have settled in the Thal, after the end of...

 
741 311 177 1,229
Nagial
Nagyal
Nagyal, sometimes pronounced as Nangyal and also written as Nagial are a Rajput-Jat tribe found mainly in Rawalpindi District, Gujar Khan, Daultala, Jhelum and Gujrat Districts of Punjab, Mirpur District of Azad Jammu and Kashmir...

 
43 5 1,782 1,830
Phaphra
Phaphra
The Phaphra are a small tribe of Mughal status, occupying a compact area of about at the foot of the Salt Range, east of Pind Dadan Khan in Jhelum District in Pakistan.- History :...

 
57 271 355 663
Serwal 572 572
Sial  441 252 432 1,125
Tama 155 462 617
Tarar
Tarar
Tarar is a Punjabi tribe and Jat gotra of Northern India and in Punjab province of Pakistan.-Geographical distribution:Tarar is a Goth of Jats that means a sub-caste of Jat clan...

 
197 79 469 745
Thathal  24 1,729 1,206 1,230
Raya 602 766 422 1,790

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Gujrat District
Gujrat District
Gujrat is a district of Punjab Province in Pakistan. It is an ancient district located in between two famous rivers, the Jhelum and Chenab. Because of its proximity with the rivers the land is good for cultivation with rice and sugar cane as main crops...

The total Muslim Jat population of the district, according to the 1931 Census of India, was 240,800 (98%) out of a total population of 245,997. According to the 1911 census, the following were the principal Muslim Jat clans:
Tribe Gujrat Tehsil
Gujrat Tehsil
Gujrat Tehsil is a subdivision of Gujrat District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The tehsil is administratively subdivided into 65 Union Councils....

 
Kharian Tehsil
Kharian Tehsil
Kharian Tehsil is a subdivision of Gujrat District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The tehsil, which is headquartered at the city of Kharian, is administratively subdivided into 43 Union Councils.-See also:* Gujrat* Gujrat District...

 
Phalia Tehsil
Phalia Tehsil
Phalia Tehsil is an administrative subdivision of Mandi Bahauddin District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The city of Phalia is the headquarters of the tehsil which is administratively subdivided into 21 Union Councils.-References:...

 
Total
Bagril 586 586
Bangial
Bangial
The Bangial, or sometime spelt Bangyal are a tribe of Rajputs found principally in the Potohar region of Punjab, Pakistan. They also to be a found in the Jhelum, Gujrat and Gujranwala districts of the Punjab.-History and origins:...

 
1,677 2 1,679
Chadhar
Chadhar
Chadhar is a Punjabi tribe in India and Pakistan. They are both Rajputs and Jats, and are Aryan.This caste should not be confused with another Indian caste spelled similarly, which is found in Madhya Pardesh India and is amongst one of the Indian Scheduled Caste...

 
167 197 612 976
Cheema
Cheema
Cheema is a Jatt of Jat ethnicity found inPunjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and also in Pakistan.Cheemas are one of the two major sub clans of Jats along with other Jat clans like Sandhu, Grewal, Pannu, Uppal etc.. .Historically, this tribe has held considerable tracts in the upper Rechna Doab since...

 
1,711 3 668 2,572
Chauhan
Chauhan
Chauhan, Chouhan or Chohan , , - is a clan who ruled parts of northern India in the Middle Ages. The clan is most famous for Rajput King Maharaja Prithviraj Chauhan...

 
82 592 52 726
Dhillon  617 45 30 692
Dudhra
Dudhra
Dudhra or Dund rai is a gotra of the Jat ethnicity found in Punjab, in India and also in Pakistan. Dudhra is Jat clans mostly are Historically, Muslim Jat clans predominated in western Punjab, in areas which now are found in Pakistan...

 
500 20 35 555
Dhotar
Dhotar
The Dhotar are a Jat tribe, originally found principally in Gujranwala District, of Punjab, Pakistan. The Sikh section of this tribe moved to Punjab, India after partition.The Dhotar are found in Sialkot and Gujrat Districts of Punjab, Pakistan.- History :...

53 7 1,295 1,355
Ghumman  663 113 70 846
Gondal  3,190 994 19,171 23,355
Heer
Heer (clan)
Heer also known as Heir/Haer or Hayer is one among the oldest and purest Jat gotras , along with Maan and Bhullar. It is found in the region of Punjab shared by India and Pakistan...

 or Hayer
Hayer
Hayer also spelled as Hayre or Haer is a Jatt clan found in India and Pakistan in the region of Punjab. This article concerns the historical clan.-History and origin:...

 
295 977 179 1,451
Hanjra
Hanjra
Hanjrah is a clan of Jats found in the Punjab, Pakistan and Northern Indian state of Punjab.Raja Jagnath, was the younger son of Raja Giyal, the conqueror of Makhiala...

 
1,874 613 264 2,751
Kang
Kang (tribe)
Kang is a gotra of Jats in India and Pakistan.Dilip Singh Ahlawat has mentioned it as one of the ruling Jat clans in Central Asia.- Distribution :...

 
1,022 10 1,032
Langrial
Langrial (tribe)
-History and origin:The Langrial are found throughout Punjab, the tribe has different traditions to its origin, depending on the region it inhabits.The Multan Langrial, claim descent from a Brahmin of Bikaner...

 
12 3,724 3,736
Mangat
Mangat (clan)
Mangat, also written as Mawngat or Mongat, is a famous Jat clan, based in Punjab, northwest India, although some members also live in Punjab, Pakistan.-History and origin:...

 
85 46 944 1,075
Sahi
Sahi
Sahi or Shahi is a clan of jat , Rajput,Bhumihar and Arain mulims.- History :Sahis are primarily agrarians and found on either sides of Punjab...

 
892 1,581 1,501 3,974
Sarai
Sarai (tribe)
The Sarai are Jat clan found in Punjab, India and Punjab, Pakistan.They are found in Gurdaspur, Amritsar, Jalandhar and Sialkot, as well on the upper and middle Sutlej.-History and origin:...

145 433 53 631
Sipra
Sipra
Sipra is a Rajput tribe in the Punjab region of Pakistan and India. Sipra are one of the most educated and well established families among other Jat casts.- History :...

 
308 181 595 1,084
Sandhu
Sandhu
Sandhu or Sindhu is a Jatt of Jat ethnicity found in Iraq, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir in India and also in Pakistan...

 
2,844 476 122 3,442
Sial  382 882 247 1,511
Tarar
Tarar
Tarar is a Punjabi tribe and Jat gotra of Northern India and in Punjab province of Pakistan.-Geographical distribution:Tarar is a Goth of Jats that means a sub-caste of Jat clan...

 
910 160 13,295 14,365
Totle 12 4,180 4,192
Thathal/Thothal 64 1,922 8 1,930
Virk
Virk
Virk Wirk Birk Vrik Varika is a gotra of the Jat clan found in the Punjab region of India and Pakistan. Typically, Virks are tall, thin and fair-skinned. In western Punjab, Virks are supposed to belong to the Mahe dynasty and Manhas or Minhas are considered to be brethren of the Virks. Birk...

 
540 32 458 1,030
Wadhan
Badhan
Badhan may refer to:* Badhan, Sanaag, Somalia* al-Badhan, a Palestinian village in the West Bank* Badhan , a group founded at the University of Dhaka to promote blood donation* Badhan , a clan of the Jat people....

 
32 630 662
Wainse or Bains
Bains (Jat)
Bains is a gotra of Jat found in Punjab, India and Punjab, it is also suggest that Wains is an alternate spelling of Bains in Pakistan.-History and origin:There are a number of theories as to the origin of the Bains....

 
353 103 140 596
Waraich  32,899 1,184 7,474 41,557


According to the Gujrat District Gazetter, these were the main Jat tribes:

Shahpur District (Sargodha District
Sargodha District
Sargodha District is a district of Punjab province, Pakistan, the capital of the district is Sargodha. It is an agricultural district, wheat, rice, and sugarcane being its main crops. The Sargodha district and region are also famous for citrus fruit; kino is a newly developed variety...

)

The total Muslim Jat population of the district, according to the 1931 Census of India, was 174,184 (95%) out of a total population of 182,494. According to the 1911 census, the following were the principal Muslim Jat clans:
Tribe Shahpur Tehsil
Shahpur Tehsil
Shahpur Tehsil is a subdivision of Sargodha District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is administratively subdivided into 16 Union Councils.-References:...

 
Bhera
Bhera
Bhera is a city on the Jhelum river in Sargodha District, Punjab province of Pakistan. It lies at latitude 32.48 N, longitude 72.92.-Location:...

 Tehsil
Khushab Tehsil
Khushab Tehsil
Khushab Tehsil is an administrative subdivision Khushab District in the Punjab province of Pakistan.-History:During British rule Khushab was a tehsil of the old Shahpur District, the tehsil at that time had an area of...

Sargodha Tehsil
Sargodha Tehsil
Sargodha Tehsil is an administrative subdivision of Sargodha District in the Punjab province of Pakistan, the tehsil is subdivided into 62 Union Councils - 22 of which form the city of Sargodha....

 
Total
Baghar  4 801 2 807
Bajwa
Bajwa
Bajwa is a Jat gotra or clan. They originally belonged to the region known as 'Bajwath' situated on the border of Jammu and Kashmir, and Punjab. They are now spread across the Punjab region divided between Northern India and Pakistan.- Etymology :...

 
1,591 4 4 80 1,685
Bhatti 1,471 735 264 1,741 4,211
Bhutta
Bhutta
Bhutta is a Jatt tribe found in Punjab, Pakistan. The Bhutta are of Rajput origin are descended from a branch of the Suryavanshi Rajput family. Like "Soomra" jats of Punjab became Soomro in Sindh, likewise "Bhutta" became Bhutto when tribe moved towards south of Indus valley...

 
147 338 101 167 753
Burana 32 756 147 935
Bains
Bains (Jat)
Bains is a gotra of Jat found in Punjab, India and Punjab, it is also suggest that Wains is an alternate spelling of Bains in Pakistan.-History and origin:There are a number of theories as to the origin of the Bains....

 
10 175 482 45 712
Chadhar
Chadhar
Chadhar is a Punjabi tribe in India and Pakistan. They are both Rajputs and Jats, and are Aryan.This caste should not be confused with another Indian caste spelled similarly, which is found in Madhya Pardesh India and is amongst one of the Indian Scheduled Caste...

 
893 2,194 211 703 4,001
Cheema
Cheema
Cheema is a Jatt of Jat ethnicity found inPunjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and also in Pakistan.Cheemas are one of the two major sub clans of Jats along with other Jat clans like Sandhu, Grewal, Pannu, Uppal etc.. .Historically, this tribe has held considerable tracts in the upper Rechna Doab since...

 
2,070 64 1 573 2,708
Chhina  274 474 245 306 1,299
Dhako 55 406 118 220 799
Dhudhi
Dhudhi
The Dhudi are a tribe of Panhwar, Panwar, Parmar Rajput origin, found in the Punjab province of Pakistan. According to the 1931 census of India they had a population of 5,800....

 
181 392 774 58 1,405
Dhal
Dhull
Dhull is a gotra of Jats, found in the state of Haryana and Western UP in India. Dhull is a clan by which various other clans /surname have evolved like dhuhan, Dhillon etc...

225 258 188 20 691
Ghumman  776 289 1,065
Gondal  1,459 12,962 5,224 8,978 28,623
Goraya
Goraya
Goraya is a town in Jalandhar District in the Indian state of Punjab. It lies between Jalandhar and Ludhiana on G. T. Road NH-1, which connects Amritsar and Delhi. Goraya belongs to Tehsil administrative division and is known for its industry.-Geography:...

 
640 9 652
Harral  404 1,047 16 643 2,110
Hatiar
Hatiar
The Hatiar are a Jat tribe found in the province of Punjab in Pakistan. They are found mainly in the districts of Gujrat and Sargodha. The Hatiar are said to get their name from the fact that they are alleged to have practiced female infanticide, their name being a corruption of the Sanskrit...

 
6 449 92 192 739
Heer
Heer (clan)
Heer also known as Heir/Haer or Hayer is one among the oldest and purest Jat gotras , along with Maan and Bhullar. It is found in the region of Punjab shared by India and Pakistan...

 
372 181 553
Hanjra
Hanjra
Hanjrah is a clan of Jats found in the Punjab, Pakistan and Northern Indian state of Punjab.Raja Jagnath, was the younger son of Raja Giyal, the conqueror of Makhiala...

 
356 169 1 264 790
Jarola 516 33 1 550
Johiya
Johiya
Johiya , also known as Joia, Joiya, Joyia, Joya, Joyea, and Joeya, is a Chandravanshi Rajput clan in Northern India and Pakistan. The Johiyas are one of the twenty-four undivided Rajput clans or eka. In ancient chronicles, they are described as "Lords of Jangladesh", a region that included Haryana,...

 
271 562 1,960 51 2,844
Jhawari 1,092 1,092
Jora 718 718
Kalera 41 228 29 557 855
Kalyar
Kalyar
The Kalyar is a prominent Punjabi tribe in Pakistan, found among both the Rajputs and Jats communities.- Origin :According to their traditions, the tribe claims descent from a Bhatti Rajput nobleman, a Rana Rajwadhan. The Rana lived in Ghazni, and then moved to Delhi in India. After sometime, he...

 
356 198 133 23 715
Kharal
Kharal
-History:Kharal are Panwar Rajputs. Panwar is Sub division of Paramara Rajputs.The Paramara belongs to the Agnivansha of Rajputs....

 
471 21 141 633
Khichi
Khichi
Khichi is a Chauhan Rajput clan.-History and origin:Khichi is the name of a branch of the Chauhan clan of Agnivanshi rajputs. The Rajput Chauhan kingdom became the leading Rajput state and a powerful kingdom in Northern India under King Prithviraj III , also known as Prithviraj Chauhan or Rai...

 
1,219 2,132 609 1,328 5,288
Khat 58 514 10 475 1,055
Lak
Lak (tribe)
The Lak are a Jat found in Punjab, Pakistan.The Lak claim descent from the Panwar Rajputs. They were originally found alongs the banks of the Chenab river, but were outsted by the Sikhs in the 18th Century from this region. They are now found mainly in Sargodha District, with few communities in...

 
1,419 746 71 920 3,156
Lali
Lali (tribe)
The Lali are a Jat gotra , found in the Punjab province of Pakistan.-History and origin:The Lali are made up of a number of Jat clans that have lived in the Kirana Bar for centuries. They were historically a pastoral tribe, and would take their herds into the Kirana Bar...

 
587 61 11 25 684
Langah
Langah (tribe)
For the Article on the folk musicians, see LanghaLangah is a clan of the Afghan tribe settled in Sindh and Punjab provinces of Pakistan. They are not a baloch tribe. They have no connection with the Rajasthani Langha community.-History and origin:...

 
28 162 440 6 638
Marath
Marath
The Marath are a Jat clan or gotra found in the Punjab province of Pakistan. They are found mainly in the districts of Gujrat, Chakwal and Sargodha. In Chakwal District, there main settlement is the village of Marath....

 
548 548
Mekan
Mekan (tribe)
The Maken are a Rajput clan found in Punjab, Pakistan.- History and origin :The word Maken came from urdu word مے کن mean Bar Keeper . They claim descent from the Parmara Rajputs, and spring from the same ancestor as the Dhudhi tribe. The tribe claims to have settled in the Thal, after the end of...

 
1,407 2,751 822 455 5,435
Naswana
Naswana
Nissoana or Nissowana or Naswana are a Jat clan.They hold the northern corner of Chiniot District, and extend into the neighbouring parts of Sargodha Tehsil.- History :...

 
60 445 505
Noon
Noon (tribe)
-History and origin:Noon tribe is related to the Tiwana Muslim Rajput tribe from Mitha Tiwana. The Tiwana family lives in an old historical village in Khushab district. The Tiwana tribe is a very popular landholding and influential political family in the Khushab distrist. The Noon tribe came from...

 
15 615 61 17 708
Panjootha
Panjootha
Panjootha, sometimes pronounced as Panchoota are a Jat tribe found mainly in Sargodha District of Punjab. Their customs are similar to other tribes in the Sargodha region....

 
107 5 484 596
Parhar
Parhar (Jat)
The Parhar are Jat gotra, found in the Punjab province of Pakistan, and both Jat and Rajput gotra in the Punjab state of India.-History and origin:The Parhar Jats claim descent from the Parihar Rajputs...

 
185 389 13 220 807
Rehan 142 1,305 13 420 1,880
Ranjha
Ranjha (tribe)
The Ranjha are a gotra of Jat, found in the eastern uplands of Sargodha, Mandi Bahauddin and Gujrat districts, of Punjab, Pakistan. A small number are also found in Jhelum and Gujranwala districts...

 
314 6,008 209 5 7,536
Sagoo 3 709 3 715
Sandrana 55 255 71 198 577
Sandhu
Sandhu
Sandhu or Sindhu is a Jatt of Jat ethnicity found in Iraq, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir in India and also in Pakistan...

 
504 504
Sipra
Sipra
Sipra is a Rajput tribe in the Punjab region of Pakistan and India. Sipra are one of the most educated and well established families among other Jat casts.- History :...

 
327 922 72 442 1,763
Sohal
Sohal
Sohal is a Jatt, gotra found in both Punjab, India and Punjab Pakistan. They are mainly Sikhs in India, and Muslims in Pakistan. - History :In Indian Punjab, Sikhs write this last name as "sohal" for its pronounced as such when written in Gurmukhi....

 
67 740 3 810
Sujal 615 995 445 539 2,594
Talokar
Talokar
The Talokar, also pronounced Thalokar, are a gotra of Jats, found in the Punjab province of Pakistan.-History and origin:According to their traditions, they are the related to Sial and Tiwana tribes. Supposedly all three tribes of descendants from three brothers, Tila, Sila and Taloka, who were...

 
844 37 5 80 966
Tarar
Tarar
Tarar is a Punjabi tribe and Jat gotra of Northern India and in Punjab province of Pakistan.-Geographical distribution:Tarar is a Goth of Jats that means a sub-caste of Jat clan...

 
233 919 1 563 1,716
Tatri
Tatri
The Tatri are a clan of Muslim Jats found in Sargodha and Mandi Bahauddin Districts of Punjab, Pakistan. They claim descent from Tatri, who is said to be a Bhatti Rajput. As with the traditions of many other Jat clans in Sargodha region, by marrying into the Jat community, they too became Jat....

 
54 396 2 670 1,122
Thaheem
Thaheem
The Thaheem are a Sindhi tribe of Arab origin found in Sindh and Punjab provinces of Pakistan.- Origin :...

 
500 56 650 50 1,256
Tulla
Tulla Jats
The Tulla are a gotra of Muslim Jats found mainly in Sargodha Districtin Punjab Pakistan.-History and origin:According to their traditions, they are, in fact, a sept of the Gondal Jat tribe. They say, their ancestor being childless vowed that if he had a son he would give his weight in gold and...

 
213 787 311 1,311
Ves
Ves Jats
The Ves Jats are a clan of Muslim Jats found in Sargodha District of Punjab, Pakistan....

 
447 246 1 274 913
Virk
Virk
Virk Wirk Birk Vrik Varika is a gotra of the Jat clan found in the Punjab region of India and Pakistan. Typically, Virks are tall, thin and fair-skinned. In western Punjab, Virks are supposed to belong to the Mahe dynasty and Manhas or Minhas are considered to be brethren of the Virks. Birk...

 
161 245 100 120 626
Waraich  699 192 119 1,473 3,483

Mianwali District

According to the 1911 census, the following were the principal Muslim Jat clans:
Tribe Mianwali Tehsil
Mianwali Tehsil
Mianwali Tehsil is an administrative subdivision of Mianwali District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The tehsil is subdivided into 28 Union Councils - four of which form the capital Mianwali.-History:...

 
Bhakkar Tehsil
Bhakkar Tehsil
Bhakkar is an administrative subdivision, , of Bhakkar District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The town of Bhakkar is the headquarters of the tehsil.-Administration:The tehsil of Bhakkar is subdivided into 17 Union Councils....

 
Isakhel Tehsil
Isakhel Tehsil
Isakhel Tehsil is an administrative subdivision of Mianwali District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The city of Isakhel is the headquarters of the tehsil which is administratively subdivided into 14 Union Councils. It is located between 32° 30′ and 33° 14′ N...

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Aheer
Aheer
Aheer is a Jat tribe found mainly in the western districts of Punjab and Sindh in Pakistan. -History and origin:The tribe is also known as Heer or Purewal depending on the dialect of the speaker. Those that tend to speak dialects of Lahanda, such as Seraiki or Pothari tend to refer to themselves...

 
260 124 137 521
Arar  411 267 678
Asar 1,591 640 38 662
Asran 78 584 662
Auler Khel 415 492 1,337 2,244
Aulakh
Aulakh
Aulakh , also known as Ola or Aula is a Jat clan found in Punjab, Pakistan and the states of Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, in India.- Origin :Aulakhs claim Lipka Tatar descent...

 
386 1 386
Aulara 734 526 655 1,915
Alakh 18 819 837
Bhatti  489 1,517 223 2,229
Bhachar
Bhachar
The Bhachar are a Awan tribe, found in Punjab, Pakistan. According to the Census of India, they numbered approximately 2,000.-Locality:They are found in the South East border of the Mianwali District...

 
96 107 203
Bhidwal
Bhidwal
The Bhidwal are a Jat clan found in the province of Punjab in Pakistan. They possess a somewhat small tract round Karluwala and Mahni in Bhakkar District along the border of Jhang District. The Bhidwal are one of a number clans that occupy the Thal Desert region.Composed By Zaheer Mehdi Bhidwal...

 
59 1,236 1,295
Bhutta
Bhutta
Bhutta is a Jatt tribe found in Punjab, Pakistan. The Bhutta are of Rajput origin are descended from a branch of the Suryavanshi Rajput family. Like "Soomra" jats of Punjab became Soomro in Sindh, likewise "Bhutta" became Bhutto when tribe moved towards south of Indus valley...

157 75 313 545
Bhander 1 588 589
Bhawan 128 375 503
Brakha 8 456 115 579
Bhamb 1,020 101 431 1,552
Bhichar 1,437 79 1,516
Chadhar
Chadhar
Chadhar is a Punjabi tribe in India and Pakistan. They are both Rajputs and Jats, and are Aryan.This caste should not be confused with another Indian caste spelled similarly, which is found in Madhya Pardesh India and is amongst one of the Indian Scheduled Caste...

 
16 16
Chhina  180 2,716 180 3,076
Chahura 566 21 587
Chadhar
Chadhar
Chadhar is a Punjabi tribe in India and Pakistan. They are both Rajputs and Jats, and are Aryan.This caste should not be confused with another Indian caste spelled similarly, which is found in Madhya Pardesh India and is amongst one of the Indian Scheduled Caste...

 
226 1,048 12 1,286
Chhajra
Chhajra
The Chhajra are a Saraiki speaking Jat clan, found in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The Chhajra are distinct from the Shajra, another Saraiki speaking Jat clan.-History and origin:Mian Nadeem Akhtar Chhajra Manik wali, migrated to uk in 2001....

 
19 575 594
Dahral 523 163 52 738
Dhal
Dhull
Dhull is a gotra of Jats, found in the state of Haryana and Western UP in India. Dhull is a clan by which various other clans /surname have evolved like dhuhan, Dhillon etc...

 
217 1,250 1,471
Dhudhi
Dhudhi
The Dhudi are a tribe of Panhwar, Panwar, Parmar Rajput origin, found in the Punjab province of Pakistan. According to the 1931 census of India they had a population of 5,800....

 
86 1,019 9 1,114
Ghallu
Ghallu
The Ghallu are a Seraiki speaking Jat clan, found in the Punjab province of Pakistan.-History and origin:The tribe claims descent from Ghallu, a Hindu Rajput, who was converted to Islam, by the famous Sufi saint Makhdum Jahanian of Uch. He is said to have had seven sons, from which the main clans...

 
20 1,458 1,478
Ghorhawal 587 4 591
Gorchhi 1,054 1,054
Heer
Heer (clan)
Heer also known as Heir/Haer or Hayer is one among the oldest and purest Jat gotras , along with Maan and Bhullar. It is found in the region of Punjab shared by India and Pakistan...

519 515 1,034
Hansi 4 661 26 691
Janjua  786 130 70 986
Jakhar
Jakhar
Jakhar, also known as Jakhu is a gotra or clan of Jats found in the Indian states of Haryana, Punjab, and in Rajasthan, and in the Pakistani province of Punjab.-Etymology:...

 
9 1,415 1,424
Jhammat
Jhammat
Jhammat is a Jat tribe found in the province of Punjab, Pakistan.- Overview :They are found in large area from Jhelum District in the north to Bahawalpur District in the south, in the Punjab province. The tribe has a large concentrations in Bhakkar, Chakwal, Sargodha and Khushab districts. The...

 
225 237 462
Johiya
Johiya
Johiya , also known as Joia, Joiya, Joyia, Joya, Joyea, and Joeya, is a Chandravanshi Rajput clan in Northern India and Pakistan. The Johiyas are one of the twenty-four undivided Rajput clans or eka. In ancient chronicles, they are described as "Lords of Jangladesh", a region that included Haryana,...

 
72 594 666
Joia 609 1,018 23 1,650
Jora 622 104 13 739
Khar
Khar (tribe)
Khar is a Seraiki speaking clan of Kamboj tribe. Khar clan is mainly settled in southern Punjab province in Pakistan.They are mainly settled in Muzaffargarh, Layyah and Bhakkar districts...

 
163 850 1,013
Kanjar 168 1,387 1,555
Kundi 1,111 149 78 1,338
Kallu
Kallu
Kallu are Jat clan found in found in the province of Pakistani Punjab and the Indian state of Punjab.They are largely Muslim, and found mainly in the districts of Chakwal, Khushab, and Sargodha, although Kallu villages are found throughout Punjab...

 
528 281 773 1,582
Kohawer 318 173 5 496
Kanera 262 526 75 863
Kharal
Kharal
-History:Kharal are Panwar Rajputs. Panwar is Sub division of Paramara Rajputs.The Paramara belongs to the Agnivansha of Rajputs....

 
237 378 31 646
Kalhar 414 120 66 600
Kanyal  327 458 785
Langah
Langah (tribe)
For the Article on the folk musicians, see LanghaLangah is a clan of the Afghan tribe settled in Sindh and Punjab provinces of Pakistan. They are not a baloch tribe. They have no connection with the Rajasthani Langha community.-History and origin:...

 
327 458 626
Makkal  517 86 23 662
Mallana
Mallana
The Mallana are a Jat gotra, found in the Punjab and the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan.-History and origin:According to their traditions, the Mallana claim descent from Mallana, said to be a Barlas Mughal trooper in the army of the Emperor Akbar. Mallana is said to have settled in...

 
122 494 616
Unu 110 667 777
Pumma 253 570 70 893
Sahi
Sahi
Sahi or Shahi is a clan of jat , Rajput,Bhumihar and Arain mulims.- History :Sahis are primarily agrarians and found on either sides of Punjab...

 
16 499 515
Samtia
Samtia
Samtia are a Muslim Jat clan found in Bhakkar and Layyah districts, of Punjab, Pakistan.-History and origin:They claim Rajput extraction and tell the following story of their origin; Ram Chandar and Gonda adopted Islam under Sultan Alauddin Khilji of Delhi...

 
447 77 77
Sangra
Sangra
Sangra is a Muslim Rajput tribe found in Punjab, Pakistan.The tribe claims descent from Sangra, a Bhatti Rajput from Bikaner, in what is now Rajasthan, India. In the 14 Century, the tribe migrated from Rajasthan and settled in Kathala, the ruins of which near Tibba Tanwi-Wala, near Bahwalpur, in...

 
85 568 653
Saand 477 24 53 544
Sandhila
Sandhila
The Sandhila are a Muslim Jat gotra , found in the Sindh and Punjab provinces of Pakistan.-History and origin:The Sandhila claim descent from the their ancestor, Rai Sandhila, a Hindu Jat who came from the neighbourhood of Delhi, during the rule of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan, and settled in...

 
41 41
Sial  257 1,905 25 2,187
Sandi 89 892 981
Soomra
Soomro
Soomro or Soomra is a Sindhi tribe in Sindh, Punjab and Balochistan, Pakistan.- History and origin :The Soomra Dynasty was established by the Soomro tribe of Sindh. The Soomra ruled Sindh from 750-1351. Following the 985 CE expulsion of the Qarmatian Muslim sect from Iraq and Egypt, the...

 
36 575 611
Targar 199 129 2,683 3,011
Turkhel
Turkhel
The Turkhel is a Awan a tribe found in the Mianwali District of Punjab, Pakistan.-History and origin:According to traditions, the Turkhel were originally Julahas , who took to agriculture...

 
236 19 255
Talokar
Talokar
The Talokar, also pronounced Thalokar, are a gotra of Jats, found in the Punjab province of Pakistan.-History and origin:According to their traditions, they are the related to Sial and Tiwana tribes. Supposedly all three tribes of descendants from three brothers, Tila, Sila and Taloka, who were...

 
1,267 7 1,274
Turk 1 1
Vawne 594 133 727

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  • Muslim Rajput clans of Rawalpindi Division
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    Below is a list of Muslim Rajput clans and their population of the Rawalpindi Division of Punjab, drawn up for 1911 Census of India. In 1911, the Rawalpindi Division consisted of six districts, Rawalpindi, Sargodha, Attock, Jhelum, Mianwali, and Gujrat. The appearance of a particular tribe as...

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