Chahal clan

Not to be confused with Chahar clan.

Chahal, also spelled as Chahil and Chal, is one of the largest clan of Jat people in the Punjab region, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh. At the time that H. A. Rose was writing, the tribe is mostly located in Patiala, but also found in, Amritsar, Ludhiana, Gurdaspur, Firozpur, Jalandhar, Jind, Sonipat, Bhiwani, Hisar, Kurukshetra, Karnal, Yamunanagar, Ambala of Haryana; Agra and Moradabad regions of western Uttar Pradesh and as far as Gujranwala and Sialkot districts of West Punjab.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Rose, H. J. (1997). A glossary of the tribes and castes of the Punjab and North-West frontier province. Atlantic Publishers & Dist. p. 146. ISBN 9788185297699.