Jat clans of Rawalpindi Division

Below is a list of Muslim Jat clans and their population of the Rawalpindi Division of Punjab, drawn up for 1911 Census of India. In 1911, the Rawalpindi Division consisted of five districts, Rawalpindi, Sargodha, Attock, Jhelum, Mianwali and Gujrat.[1]The appearance of a particular tribe as Jat 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 province of Pakistan, a number of years prior to the partition of Punjab.[2]

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Rawalpindi District

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:[3]

Tribe Rawalpindi Tehsil Gujar Khan Tehsil Murree Tehsil Kahuta Tehsil Total
Aura 380 230 610
Baghial 72 3 21 96
Bangial 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 49 1,729 219 2,004
Magial 66 3 69
Mial 25 25
Sial 420 420
Sudhan 104 71 175
Thathal 53 53

Jhelum District

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, as enumerated in the 1911 Census of India:[4]

Tribe Jhelum Tehsil Pind Dadan Khan Tehsil Chakwal Tehsil Total
Bains 275 34 309
Bhakral 982 2 1,163 2,147
Bangial 64 3 1,802 1,869
Bhans 788 400 1,188
Bhutta 141 28 463 632
Bhatti 99 191 2,856 3,146
Chadhar 304 101 196 601
Dhamial (Jat) 332 59 3,979 4,730
Dhudhi 142 384 526
Gungal 75 401 573 1,049
Ghogha 238 442 30 710
Gondal 2,574 1,155 2,820 6,549
Gujjral 26 762 788
Hariar 573 6 579
Haral 437 7 56 500
Jandral 14 410 194 618
Jangal 216 1 355 572
Jhammat 31 366 1,074 1,471
Jatal 433 254 23 710
Kalyal 574 7 2,458 3,039
Kanyal 145 2 2,456 2,603
Khanda 24 363 347 734
Khingar 902 3 241 1,146
Khatarmal 12 1 1,171 1,184
Khoti 68 12 566 646
Minhas 64 393 457
Matyal 1,147 1,147
Mekan 741 311 177 1,229
Nagial 43 5 1,782 1,830
Phaphra 57 271 355 663
Serwal 572 572
Sial 441 252 432 1,125
Tama 155 462 617
Tarar 197 79 469 745
Thathal 24 1,729 1,206 1,230
Raya 602 766 422 1,790

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Gujrat District

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:[5]

Tribe Gujrat Tehsil Kharian Tehsil Phalia Tehsil Total
Bagril 586 586
Bangial 1,677 2 1,679
Chadhar 167 197 612 976
Cheema 1,711 3 668 2,572
Chauhan 82 592 52 726
Dhillon 617 45 30 692
Dudhra 500 20 35 555
Dhotar 53 7 1,295 1,355
Ghumman 663 113 70 846
Gondal 3,190 994 19,171 23,355
Heer 295 977 179 1,451
Hanjra 1,874 613 264 2,751
Kang 1,022 10 1,032
Langrial 12 3,724 3,736
Mangat 85 46 944 1,075
Sahi 892 1,581 1,501 3,974
Sarai 145 433 53 631
Sipra 308 181 595 1,084
Sandhu 2,844 476 122 3,442
Sial 382 882 247 1,511
Tarar 910 160 13,295 14,365
Totle 12 4,180 4,192
Thathal/Thothal 64 1,922 8 1,930
Virk 540 32 458 1,030
Wadhan 32 630 662
Waince 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)

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:[6]

Tribe Shahpur Tehsil Bhera Tehsil Khushab Tehsil Sargodha Tehsil Total
Baghar 4 801 2 807
Bajwa 1,591 4 4 80 1,685
Bhatti 1,471 735 264 1,741 4,211
Bhutta 147 338 101 167 753
Burana 32 756 147 935
Bains 10 175 482 45 712
Chadhar 893 2,194 211 703 4,001
Cheema 2,070 64 1 573 2,708
Chhina 274 474 245 306 1,299
Dhako 55 406 118 220 799
Dhudhi 181 392 774 58 1,405
Dhal 225 258 188 20 691
Ghumman 776 289 1,065
Gondal 1,459 12,962 5,224 8,978 28,623
Goraya 640 9 652
Harral 404 1,047 16 643 2,110
Hatiar 6 449 92 192 739
Heer 372 181 553
Hanjra 356 169 1 264 790
Jarola 516 33 1 550
Johiya 271 562 1,960 51 2,844
Jhawari 1,092 1,092
Jora 718 718
Kalera 41 228 29 557 855
Kalyar 356 198 133 23 715
Kharal 471 21 141 633
Khichi 1,219 2,132 609 1,328 5,288
Khat 58 514 10 475 1,055
Lak 1,419 746 71 920 3,156
Lali 587 61 11 25 684
Langah 28 162 440 6 638
Marath 548 548
Mekan 1,407 2,751 822 455 5,435
Naswana 60 445 505
Noon 15 615 61 17 708
Panjootha 107 5 484 596
Parhar 185 389 13 220 807
Rehan 142 1,305 13 420 1,880
Ranjha 314 6,008 209 5 7,536
Sagoo 3 709 3 715
Sandrana 55 255 71 198 577
Sandhu 504 504
Sipra 327 922 72 442 1,763
Sohal 67 740 3 810
Sujal 615 995 445 539 2,594
Talokar 844 37 5 80 966
Tarar 233 919 1 563 1,716
Tatri 54 396 2 670 1,122
Thaheem 500 56 650 50 1,256
Tulla 213 787 311 1,311
Ves 447 246 1 274 913
Virk 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:[7]

Tribe Mianwali Tehsil Bhakkar Tehsil Isakhel Tehsil Total
Aheer 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 386 1 386
Aulara 734 526 655 1,915
Alakh 18 819 837
Bhatti 489 1,517 223 2,229
Bhachar 96 107 203
Bhidwal 59 1,236 1,295
Bhutta 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 16 16
Chhina 180 2,716 180 3,076
Chahura 566 21 587
Chadhar 226 1,048 12 1,286
Chhajra 19 575 594
Dahral 523 163 52 738
Dhal 217 1,250 1,471
Dhudhi 86 1,019 9 1,114
Ghallu 20 1,458 1,478
Ghorhawal 587 4 591
Gorchhi 1,054 1,054
Heer 519 515 1,034
Hansi 4 661 26 691
Janjua 786 130 70 986
Jakhar 9 1,415 1,424
Jhammat 225 237 462
Johiya 72 594 666
Joia 609 1,018 23 1,650
Jora 622 104 13 739
Khar 163 850 1,013
Kanjar 168 1,387 1,555
Kundi 1,111 149 78 1,338
Kallu 528 281 773 1,582
Kohawer 318 173 5 496
Kanera 262 526 75 863
Kharal 237 378 31 646
Kalhar 414 120 66 600
Kanyal 327 458 785
Langah 327 458 626
Makkal 517 86 23 662
Mallana 122 494 616
Unu 110 667 777
Pumma 253 570 70 893
Sahi 16 499 515
Samtia 447 77 77
Sangra 85 568 653
Saand 477 24 53 544
Sandhila 41 41
Sial 257 1,905 25 2,187
Sandi 89 892 981
Soomra 36 575 611
Targar 199 129 2,683 3,011
Turkhel 236 19 255
Talokar 1,267 7 1,274
Turk 1 1
Waince 594 133 727

See Also

References

  1. ^ Imperial Gazetteer of India Provincial Series Punjab Volume II Usha Publications 1984
  2. ^ A Gazetteer of Rawalpindi District 1912 Part B Table 15
  3. ^ A Gazetteer of Rawalpindi District 1912 Part B Table 15
  4. ^ Jhelum District Gazatteer Part B Table 15 1912
  5. ^ A Gazetteer of Gujrat District Part B 1912 Table 15 page xxiv
  6. ^ A Gazetteer of Shahpur District Part B 1912 Table 15
  7. ^ A Gazetteer of Mianwali District Part B 1912 Table 15