| Total population |
|---|
| 2,268,000[1] |
| Regions with significant populations |
| • India |
| Languages |
| Religion |
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• Hinduism 100% • |
| Related ethnic groups |
The Rajputs form an important element in the Hindu population of the state of Gujarat in India. They are also known as the Darbars, especially in the Kathiawar and Kutch regions. The word rajah putra literally means son of a king in Sanskrit.[2]
Although the term Rajput only became common in the tenth century , a number of clans that later became known as Rajput rose to prominence in the 7th Century. The word Rajput literally means son of a king in the Sanskrit language. It was extended to cover any Hindu clan that ruled in west India. The regions that now form Gujarat have at various times been ruled by a number of dynnasties, all which from the 10th Century onwards claimed to Rajputs.[3]
Several clans that rose to prominence in the 7th Century, such as the Gohil, Chavda, Chauhan . The last major Rajput clan to settle in Gujarat were the Jadejas , who arrived from Sindh. They are also known as The Garasiya(Darbar) Saurashtra and Rajput in Kutch.[4]
The Rajput’s in theory are divided into thirty six clans, but in practice the number varies from region to region. In Gujarat, the main clans are the Songara Chauhan Rajputs only present in Ambliara State or amliyara state in Sabarkantha Bayad , [Raulji], (Kheda),Panchmahal,Baroda,Dahod Districts. Chauhan, Chavda, Chudasama, Sarvaiya , Gohil, Rathod, Raizada, Rehvar, Padhiyar, Jadeja, Jethwa, Parmar, Solanki, Vaghela, Vala, Vadher. The Rajputs are endogamous, with the clans being exogamous. There is no intermarriage between clans as the Sarvaiyya, Chudasama, Rana and Raizada as they all claim descent from a common ancestor.[5]
In terms of distribution, the Chauhan are found in Ambliara State -Sabarkantha, Baroda, Bharuch, Banaskantha, and Panchmahal districts, the Chudasama are found in Kutch, Junagadh and Jamnagar districts, the Chavda are found in Bhavnagar, Mehsana and Kutch districts, the Gohil are found in Bhavnagar, the Jadeja, who are the most numerous clan are found mainly in Kutch, Jamnagar, Rajkot and Banaskantha. The Parmar are one of the chief clans found among the Rajputs, and are found in north Gujarat, Bharuch, Kathiawar and Kutch and are divided into four sub-clans and Rajparmars. Other clans include the Solanki in Kheda, Mehsana and Sabarkantha districts, the Rathore also on Sabarkantha, the Mahida in Bharuch and Baroda, the Padiyar and Sarvaiyya in Bhavnagar District Rajkot District , the Vala in twelve villages in Rajkot District, and Sabarkantha, the Sisodia in Sabarkantha, the Vaghela in Kutch, Kathiawar, Dholka, Sanand.[6] and the Jethwa in Porbandar and Kutch.
Chauhan ( Ambliara State ) in Sabarkantha gujarat.