- Muslim Rajput clans of Lahore Division
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This is a list of Muslim Rajput clans of west Punjab compiled by census takers for the 1911 census of India. The list is ordered by administrative divisions, starting with the Lahore Division, and only refers to Muslim Rajput clans.[1]
The appearance of a particular tribe as Rajput 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 Rajputs. This list is simply gives an historical distribution of Muslim Rajputs tribes in the Punjab province of Pakistan, a number of years prior to the partition of Punjab.
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Lahore District
The total Rajput population in the district according to 1931 Census of India was 100,903, of which Muslims numbered 82,054 or 82% of the population. According to 1911 Census of India the main clans in Lahore District were as follows:[2]
Tribe Lahore Tehsil Chunian Tehsil Kasur Tehsil Total Awan 433 101 377 911 Bhatti 7,640 7,284 5,062 19,986 Chauhan 1,207 185 180 1,578 Dhudhi 93 199 2 294 Joiya 274 280 289 843 Khokhar 5,398 2,215 786 8,339 Naru 384 213 740 610 Panwar 749 213 740 1,702 Rathore 14 14 28 Sulehria 948 46 989 Amritsar District
The total Rajput population in the district according to 1931 Census of India was 33,904, of which Muslims numbered 27,253 or 80% of the population. According to 1911 Census of India the main clans in Amritsar District were as follows:[3]
Tribe Amritsar Tehsil Tarn Taran Tehsil Ajnala Tehsil Total Bhatti 7,755 2,457 6,205 16,417 Chauhan 1,139 23 145 1,307 Manj 450 479 558 1,478 Naru 103 228 958 1,289 Gujranwala District
The total Rajput population according to 1931 Census of India was 15,607, of which Muslims numbered 10,473 or 67% of the total population. According to 1911 Census of India the main clans in Gujranwala District were as follows:[4]
Tribe Tribe Gujranwala Tehsil Wazirabad Tehsil Hafizabad Tehsil Khanqah Dogran Tehsil Sharaqpur Tehsil Total Bhatti 268 171 2,099 2,758 4,064 9,388 Chauhan 131 52 10 97 313 605 Gondal 24 24 Joiya 9 2 11 Khokhar 193 96 38 188 1,124 1,637 Wattu 1,115 7 1,122 Gurdaspur District
The total Rajput population in the district according to 1931 Census of India was 91,459, of which Muslims numbered 56,668 or 62% of the total Rpopulation. According to 1911 Census of India the main clans in Gurdaspur District were as follows:[5]
Tribe Gurdaspur Tehsil Batala Tehsil Shakargarh Tehsil Pathankot Tehsil Total Agan 561 8 569 Awan 427 369 236 99 1,131 Bhatti 1,638 4,016 942 3,673 10,269 Bhao 706 706 Chauhan 515 525 173 339 1,552 Katil 11 2 2,078 13 2,104 Khokhar 1,189 2,040 381 269 3,879 Minhas 1,537 90 679 751 3,057 Manj 313 670 27 201 1,221 Naru 1,389 250 51 325 2,015 Pathania 2 69 71 Sulehria 311 87 5,465 1,907 7,770 Sialkot District
The total Rajput population in the district according to 1931 Census of India was 67,674, of which Muslims numbered 55,098 or 81% of the total population. According to 1911 Census of India the main Muslim clans in Sialkot District were as follows:[6]
Tribe Sialkot Tehsil Pasrur Tehsil Zafarwal Tehsil Raya Tehsil Daska Tehsil Total Bhatti 271 1,880 2,113 1,880 271 7,605 Chauhan 28 115 243 114 373 873 Janjua 656 3 25 121 43 854 Minhas 472 24 335 15 43 869 Sulehria 35 244 14,223 95 103 15,627 Montgomery District (Sahiwal District)
The total Rajput population in the district according to 1931 Census of India was 120,212, of which Muslims numbered 112,388 or 93% of the total population. According to 1911 Census of India the main Muslim clans in Montgomery District were as follows:[7]
Tribe Sahiwal Tehsil Gugera Tehsil Dipalpur Tehsil Pakpattan Tehsi Total Baghela 919 4 923 Bhatti 1,026 1,498 3,014 1,892 7,380 Chauhan 108 92 280 147 627 Doli 491 148 639 Dhanwal 559 559 Dhudhi 26 4 107 641 778 Dogar 1 27 58 1,214 1,300 Jandran 8 543 551 Joiya 260 266 861 3,732 5,119 Kathia 2,875 12 71 2,900 Khichi 77 1,002 61 175 1,315 Khokhar 432 191 267 401 1,291 Phullarwan 27 880 28 935 Rath 75 630 706 Sial 3,055 107 49 75 3,286 Wattu 617 1,653 9,916 3,481 15,647 See also
- Muslim Jat clans of Lahore Division
- Punjabi Rajputs
References
- ^ Census of India 1911. Vol. 14, Pt. 3, Punjab. Appendices to the imperial tables.
- ^ Lahore District Gazetteer Part B 1912 Table 15 page xiii
- ^ A Gazetteer of Amritsar District 1912 Part B page xxviii
- ^ A Gazetteer of Gujranwala District 1912 Part B page xxviii
- ^ A Gazetteer of Gurdaspur District 1912 Part B page xxviii
- ^ Sialkot District Gazetteer Part B 1912 Table 15 page xiii
- ^ A Gazetteer of Montgomery District Part B 1912 Table 15 page xxxiii
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