Sonasar

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Sonasar is a village in tehsil Jhunjhunu of Jhunjhunu district in Rajasthan, India. It is situated at a distance of 10 km from Jhunjhunu in the north direction. The village was founded by Sona Ram Jat of Bhadia gotra in 1616 who gave the name Sonasar to the village. This is a well-connected village. Area of the village is 18000 bigha. There are two temples and one than of Gogaji in the village.

[edit] Demographics

The population of the village is about 4400. There are 700 families residing in the village out of them 400 families are of Jats. The biggest gotra of Jats in the village is Basera with 100 families. The other Jat Gotras residing in the village with number of families are Mahla (100), Silayach (100), Bhadia (20), Sihag (15), Kulhari (10), Jhajharia (10), Muhal (50), Bhattaia (5), Karel (3), Harchatarwal (8), Chhabarwal (4), Katewa (5),Garhwal (2), Dhankar (1), Khyalia (1) and Bijarnia (1).

[edit] Notable persons from the village

  • Harfool Singh Mahala of the village has served in BSF and was of international fame in horse riding.

[edit] Reference

  • Jat Samaj, Monthly magazine, Agra, July 1999