Lohchav

Lochav (लोचव] lohchab [लोचब] Lohchap (लोहचप) Lohchav (लोहचव) Lochhav (लोछव) Lohach (लोहच) or Arh is gotra of Jatts. They were called Lohchav as Panwars had inhabited this area in Rohtak. [Dr Mahendra Singh Arya, Dharmpal Singh Dudee, Kishan Singh Faujdar & Vijendra Singh Narwar: Ādhunik Jat Itihasa (The modern history of Jats), Agra 1998, p. 279 ] They are found in Punjab , Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi. The King Arh was in fourth generation of Ardas and is mentioned in many stories of Puranas. He was a brave Warrior. According to Todd's Rajasthan the origin of the Arh dynasty cannot be traced out, but a few gotras of this dynasty are found among the Jatts.

Distribution

Very few Jatts belonging to this gotra are found to day. They have four villages in Haryana -Bupaniya, Katlupur, Jhinjoli and Shahpur, two villages in Delhi - Auchandi , Near Narala & one in South Delhi-Village Bamnoli, one village In Uttar Pradesh - Some where in Bagpat District, and one village in Punjab District sangrur village Issapur near about 70% people of this village belong to Lohchav gotra ,they write Lohchav with [v] not with [B]

Katlupur most prominent Lohchab Village in Haryana is at 28°50'33"N 77°1'49"E many families of this village are settled in Delhi and some families of katlupur are now permanently settled in Gohana- Sonipat district.

Lohchap population is 480 in Patiala district. [History and study of the Jats. By Professor B.S Dhillon. ISBN-10: 1895603021 or ISBN-13: 978-1895603026.p.126]

Notable persons of this gotra

*Shri Vijay Singh Lochav,MLA
*Choudhary Karan Singh Lohchab
*Dr Hari Singh Lohchab
*Mohan Singh Lohchab
*Vivek Lohchab
*Lt Gen O.S. Lohchab

Reference

*Ram Swarup Joon: History of the Jats, Rohtak, India (1938, 1967)