Batwal

The Batwal are a suryavanshi rajput clan found in the Indian states of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh.[1][2]

History

In the State of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra Batwal are land lord cultivators. Batwal of Jammu were tax collectors of Dogras. They are also cultivators like other hill communities and work as an attendants of Dogras who look after village guests, carry palanquin of the bridegroom and bear torches.[3] They are the followers of Sri Guru Gyagi ji Maharaj & Bhagwan Gautam Bhudha and were influenced by Arya Samaj prior to independence.

The Batwal are mainly found in Kathua, Samba, Udhampur, Reasi and Jammu districts in the Jammu region of Jammu and Kashmir, Gurdaspur, Pathankot and Hoshiarpur districts of Punjab and the Kangra and Chamba districts of HIMACHAL PRADESH.[2]#JAMMU  #PUNJAB #HARYANA #RAJASTHAN

BASSE , CHANJOTRA , KAITH , LAHORIA, LAKHOTRA, LEANDER, MANDI , MOTAN ,NANDAN , SARGOTRA , SUNDE, TAGGE and TARGOTRA.

#UDHAMPUR #PATHANKOT

BASSE , CHANGOTRA , KAITH , LAHORIA, LAKHOTRA, LEANDER, MANDI , MOTAN ,NANDAN , SARGOTRA , SUNDE, TAGGE and TARGOTRA,KALSOTRA,SALGOTRA,

DADAMUN, KHERA

Batwals in the Kangra hills of #HIMACHAL_PARDESH have the following clan there.

GADAAL

CHHATRAL

JANDORE

KALANORIYE

KHAROTHIYE

KHAS

KHOKHAR

MALAERCH

SANJGOTRA

SULIYALCH

TIKKE

Every State has all these sub-caste, it is know  by different Caste.

JAMMU

1. Batwal, 2. Ratal

HIMACHAL

1. Rajput Batwal, 2. Batwal

PUNJAB

1. Mahasa, 2.Batwal

HARYANA

1. Batwal, 2. Aryasamaji Mahasa, 3. Mahasa, 4. Punjabi Rajput.

RAJASTHAN

1. Rajput Batwal.

Present Circumstances

Like other neighbouring Hindu communities, the Batwals are strictly exogamous, never marrying within the clan. The major clans include the Kaith originated from Sialkot, Jhanjhotra and Mottan from Zafarwal, Basae from Hyphasis, Chariya from Shimla, etc.[4] They marry girls at young age but divorce and widow remarriage is permissible. Their marriage is officiated by Brahmin or Megh priest. They either burn or bury the dead bodies and take the ashes to Devika river at Purmandal village in Samba district.[5]

Notable Batwals

References
  1. People of India Punjab Volume XXXVII edited by I.J.S Bansal & Swaran Singh page 82 to 89 Manohar Publications
  2. People of India Jammu and Kashmir Volume XXV edited by K.N Pandita, S.D.S Charak & B.R. Rizvi page 115 to 120 Manohar Publications
  3. Das, K. C. (2007). Global Encyclopaedia of the North Indian Dalits Ethnography (2 Vols. Set). Global Vision Publishing House. ISBN 978-81-8220-238-2.
  4. Excelsior, Daily (9 November 2013). "History of Batwal Community". Jammu Kashmir Latest News | Tourism | Breaking News J&K. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  5. Ibbetson, Sir Denzil; Maclagan (1990). Glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North West Frontier Province. Asian Educational Services. ISBN 978-81-206-0505-3.
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