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Jat Sikh clans of Jalandhar Division

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Below is a list of Jatt Sikh clans and their population in the Jullunder Division of the Punjab province, British India copied from various district and provincial gazetteers of British India published between 1908 and 1931. In 1908, the division consisted of five districts, Ferozepur, Ludhiana, Jullundur, Hoshiarpur, and Kangra and a number of princely states.[1]

Jalandhar District[edit]

The total Jat population of Jalandhar District, according to the 1931 Census of India was 193,921, of which Jatt Sikhs numbered 160,286 or 82% of the total population. Their main clans according to 1911 Census were:[2]

Tribe Jalandhar Tehsil Nakodar Tehsil Phillaur Tehsil Nawanshahr Tehsil -
Atwal 1,149 31 26 894 2,100
Ahluwalia 986 41 183 212 1962
Bains 1,117 14 305 252 1,688
Bajwa 3 458 31 27 519
Banga 2113 897 1886 5322
Bal 104 302 47 23 476
Basi 119 57 1,604 16 1,796
Bhullar 19 276 8 4 307
Chahal 103 196 106 193 598
Chatha 668 14 682
Cheema 60 15 669 19 762
Clair 150 115 369 919 1553
Dhariwal 445 465 451 157 1,518
Dhillon 487 255 784 349 1,875
Dhindsa 150 134 223 507
Dosanjh 453 267 1,629
Ghumman 4 44 24 72
Gill 925 316 520 891 2,652
Heer 106 811 256 16 1,189
Jaura 70 8 16 15 109
Johal 462 90 2,466 36 3,054
Kahlon 496 1 5 63 565
Kang 1,255
Maan 55 435 222 628 1,340
Mahil 74 41 59 482 656
Matharu 21 16 31 18 292
Parhar 575 57 31 523 1186
Pawania 2 100 14 492 608
Randhawa 628 89 126 32 875
Ramewal 600
Sahi 136 33 2 171
Sahota 1 4 2,152 44 2,201
Samra 137 124 1,165 141 1,567
Sangere 29 294 375 6 704
Sandhu 635 584 1,971 859 4,049
Sarai 254 33 21 19 327
Sidhu 249 553 229 169 1,200
Sohal 583 246 79 28 936
Virdi 2 103 53 158
Virk 8 4 255 217 484

Ludhiana District[edit]

The total Jat population of Ludhiana District, according to the 1931 Census of India was 239,140, of which Jatt Sikhs numbered 211,682 or 88% of the total population. There main clans according to 1911 Census were:[3]

Tribe Ludhiana Tehsil Samrala Tehsil Jagraon Tehsil Total
Aulakh 230 102 318 650
Bains 103 15 104 222
Bal 736 16 121 873
Bhangu 306 610 188 1,104
Bhullar 1,418 73 541 2,032
Boparai 303 17 441 761
Buttar 3 1 832 836
Chahal 1,226 207 859 2,292
Cheema 1,175 13 683 1,571
Deo 105 118 175 398
Dhariwal 4,138 197 4,889 9,224
Dhillon 1,898 421 1,281 3,600
Dhindsa 72 267 47 386
Grewal 10,814 404 1,548 12,136
Gill 2,643 452 4,592 7,687
Heer 37 181 814 1,032
Kang 14 233 3 250
Maan 513 388 39 2,346
Mangat 534 544 99 1,177
Matharu 11 88 302
Parhar 17 35 23 75
Randhawa 93 395 187 675
Sahi 257 491 748
Samra 243 300 542
Sandhu 574 562 2,258 3,394
Sarai 2,014
Sidhu 2,667 292 7,827 10,786
Seerha 18 14 13 45
Thind 6,923 127 291 7,241
Virk 338 5 373 716
Waraich 54 30 25 109

Hoshiarpur District[edit]

The total Jat population of Hoshiarpur District, according to the 1931 Census of India was 154,221, of which Jatt Sikhs numbered 88,263 or 58% of the total population. There main clans according to 1911 Census were:[4]

Tribe Hoshiarpur Tehsil Dasuya Tehsil Garhshanker Tehsil Una Tehsil Total
Atwal 96 68 57 221
Ahluwalia 281 19 113 172 585
Bains 872 28 2,093 161 3,154
Chahal 60 38 108 27 233
Dhariwal 31 192 7 12 242
Dhillon 219 94 715 13 1,041
Loi 106 27 702 6 841
Gill 115 324 1,183 121 1,743
Heer 437 35 791 35 1,298
Kang 292 114 368 16 790
Maan 52 17 857 52 978
Mahil 2 1 104 31 138
Parhar 115 18 41 495 669
Randhawa 156 162 126 44 488
Sahotra 787 17 37 2 843
Sandhu 190 314 466 98 1,068
Sandhar 90 400 150 175 815
Sidhu 74 37 522 5 638
Sohal 1 112 32 145
Thind 27 2 325 3 357

Firozpur District[edit]

The total Jat population of Firozpur District, according to the 1931 Census of India was 282,629, of which Jatt Sikhs numbered 231,532 or 82% of the total population. There main clans according to 1911 Census were:[5]

Tribe Firozpur Tehsil Zira Tehsil Moga Tehsil Muktsar tehsil Fazilka Tehsil Total
Aulakh 173 409 280 509 1,371
Bahar 424 73 507
Bains 10 10
Batth 259 306 22 587
Bhatti 364 4 5 373
Bhullar 257 28 1,085 1,242 682 3,294
Buttar 91 1,070 1,161
Chahal 659 531 495 403 2,088
Cheema 318 118 182 186 42 826
Dhariwal 1,174 132 11,297 1,518 1,344 15,455
Dhillon 1,519 38 2,730 1,567 1,741 7,595
Dhami
Garund 109 693 124 182 1,108
Gill 5,543 1,084 17,293 2,086 1,714 27,720
Heer 4 370 229 41 644
Jakhar 2 87 89
Johal 16 796 40 5 857
Kaler 194 55 428 41 88 716
Kang 437 123 78 162 800
Kangra 33 119 383 19 544
Khaira 44 49 660 28 15 791
Khosa 2,741 41 1,069 191 204 4,216
Korotaneh 27 502 375 4 11 919
Maan 966 27 1,653 1,920 2,255 6,921
Mahi 576 576
Mahil 355 6 361
Pannu 15 85 5 105
Parhar 17 9 7 23 11 67
Rai 105 74 661 41 11 892
Randhawa 307
Samra 413 28 73 28 8 549
Sandhu 6,288 391 2,842 1,222 10,743
Sang 162 1,246 52 1,460
Sangha 1 355 155 511
Sarai 1,087 49 1,118 932 1,096 4,282
Sekhon 268 53 891 83 512 1,807
Sidhu 67,947
Virk 57 28 232 91 88 496
Wandar 65 1,354 96 1,515

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. Imperial Gazetteer of India, Provincial Series, Punjab, Volume 1: The Province; Mountains, Rivers, Canals, and Historic Areas; and the Delhi and Jullundur Divisions, Calcutta: Superintendent of Government Printing, 1908
  2. Jullumder District Gazetteer Part B 1912 Table 15 pages xxix to xxxii
  3. Ludhiana District Gazetteer Part B 1912 Table 15 pages xxv to xxvii
  4. Hoshiarpur District Gazetteer Part B 1912 Table 15 pages xxx to xxxi
  5. Firuzpur District Gazetteer Part B 1912 Table 15


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