Below is a list of Muslim Jat clans and their population of the Rawalpindi Division of Punjab, drawn up for 1911 Census of India. In 1911, the Rawalpindi Division consisted of five districts, Rawalpindi, Sargodha, Attock, Jhelum, Mianwali and Gujrat. There has been criticism of the 1911 Census, particularly of Pandit Harkishan Kaul, the census commissioner of Punjab. It started during his lifetime, and continues now with a cabal at Wikepedia supporting the mantra of the incompetent Indian and dismissing all works by Kaul. In my opinion, Pandit Harkishan was exceptional individual and ethnologist, and if we consider the time he was working, his achievements are truly extraordinary. Therefore, I dedicate this blog to him.
Just one more point I wish to make, the appearance of a particular tribe as Jat in the list does not in itself confirm that the tribe is Jat or otherwise. Identity does change with time, and some groups in the list may no longer identify themselves as Jats. This list is however very useful as it gives an historical distribution of Muslim Jat tribes in the Punjab province of Pakistan, a number of years prior to the partition of Punjab.
With regards to Jat tribes, this region is home to numerous small tribes who go by the name Jat.
Jhelum District
The total Muslim Jat population of the district, according to the 1931 Census of India, was 84,361 (99%) out of a total population of 85,459. These were the main Jat clans in Jhelum District, as enumerated in the 1911 Census of India:
Tribe |
Jhelum District |
Pind Dadan Khan Tehsil |
Chakwal Tehsil |
Total |
Bains |
275 |
34 |
309 |
|
Bhakral |
982 |
2 |
1,163 |
2,147 |
Bangial |
64 |
3 |
1,802 |
1,869 |
Bhans |
788 |
400 |
1,869 |
|
Bhatti |
99 |
191 |
2,856 |
3,146 |
Bhutta |
141 |
28 |
463 |
632 |
Chadhar |
304 |
101 |
196 |
601 |
Dhamial |
332 |
59 |
3,979 |
4,730 |
Dhudhi |
142 |
384 |
526 |
|
Gungal |
75 |
401 |
573 |
1,049 |
Ghogha |
238 |
442 |
30 |
710 |
Gondal |
2,574 |
1,155 |
2,820 |
6,549 |
Gujjral |
26 |
762 |
788 |
|
Hariar |
573 |
6 |
579 |
|
Haral |
437 |
7 |
56 |
500 |
Jandral |
14 |
410 |
194 |
618 |
Jangal |
216 |
1 |
355 |
572 |
Jhammat |
31 |
366 |
1,074 |
1,471 |
Jatal |
433 |
254 |
23 |
710 |
Kalyal |
574 |
7 |
2,458 |
3,039 |
Kanyal |
145 |
2 |
2,456 |
2,603 |
Khanda |
24 |
363 |
347 |
734 |
Khinger |
902 |
3 |
241 |
1,146 |
Khatarmal |
12 |
1 |
1,171 |
1,184 |
Khoti |
68 |
12 |
566 |
646 |
Minhas |
64 |
393 |
457 |
|
Matyal |
1,147 |
1,147 |
||
Mekan |
741 |
311 |
177 |
1,229 |
Nagyal |
43 |
5 |
1,782 |
1,830 |
Phaphra |
81 |
275 |
466 |
802 |
Serwal |
572 |
572 |
||
Sial |
441 |
252 |
432 |
1,230 |
Tama |
155 |
462 |
617 |
|
Tarar |
197 |
79 |
469 |
745 |
Thathaal |
24 |
1,729 |
1,206 |
1,230 |
Raya |
602 |
766 |
422 |
1,790 |
Readers can make reference to my posts on the individual tribes, such as the Bangial, Bhutta, Dhamial, Kalyal, Kanyal, Gungal, Jhammat, Mekan, Khinger, Khoti, Matyal, Jatal, and Thathaal. Other then the tribes in the list, the Customary Law of Jhelum District included Athal, Bhin, Dhaipai, Ghugh, Hargan (also spelt Hurgan), Jethal, Kurar, Iswal, Lilla and Nathial. In all fairness, the Jat clans of the region are numerous, and their can never be definite list. I already have articles on the Lilla and Jethal, and hope to write on the Ghugh.
Rawalpindi District
The total Muslim Jat population of the district, according to the 1931 Census of India, was 15,722 (96%) out of a total population of 16,373. According to the 1911 census, the following were the principal Muslim Jat clans:
Tribe |
Rawalpindi Tehsil |
Gujar Khan Tehsil |
Murree Tehsil |
Kahuta Tehsil |
Total |
Aura |
380 |
230 |
610 |
||
Baghial |
72 |
3 |
21 |
96 |
|
Bangial |
727 |
445 |
32 |
1,204 |
|
Boria |
30 |
16 |
46 |
||
Chhina |
9 |
4 |
13 |
||
Dhamial |
513 |
635 |
286 |
68 |
1,502 |
Dhamtal |
520 |
520 |
|||
424 |
303 |
89 |
816 |
||
Hindan |
262 |
279 |
541 |
||
Kalyal |
9 |
120 |
129 |
||
Kanyal |
149 |
149 |
|||
Khatril |
49 |
1,729 |
219 |
2,004 |
|
Magial |
66 |
3 |
69 |
||
Mial |
25 |
25 |
|||
Sial |
420 |
420 |
|||
Sudhan |
104 |
71 |
175 |
||
Thathaal |
53 |
53 |
Shahpur (Sargodha) District
The total Muslim Jat population of the district, according to the 1931 Census of India, was 174,184 (95%) out of a total population of 182,494. The district now comprises the bulk of Sargodha, all of Khushab with Malakwal now in Mandi Bahauddin District. According to the 1911 census, the following were the principal Muslim Jat clans:
Tribe |
Shahpur Tehsil |
Bhera Tehsil |
Khushab Tehsil |
Sargodha Tehsil |
Total |
Baghoor |
4 |
801 |
2 |
807 |
|
Bains |
10 |
175 |
482 |
45 |
712 |
Bajwa |
1,591 |
4 |
4 |
80 |
1,685 |
Bhatti |
1,471 |
735 |
264 |
1,741 |
4,211 |
Bhutta |
147 |
338 |
101 |
167 |
753 |
Burana |
32 |
756 |
147 |
||
Chadhar |
893 |
2,194 |
211 |
703 |
4,001 |
Cheema |
2,070 |
64 |
1 |
573 |
2,708 |
Chhina |
274 |
474 |
245 |
306 |
1,299 |
Dhako |
55 |
406 |
118 |
220 |
799 |
Dhal |
225 |
258 |
188 |
20 |
691 |
Dhudhi |
181 |
392 |
774 |
58 |
1,405 |
Ghumman |
776 |
289 |
1,065 |
||
Gondal |
1,459 |
12,962 |
5,224 |
8,978 |
28,623 |
Goraya |
640 |
9 |
652 |
||
Hanjra |
356 |
169 |
1 |
264 |
790 |
Harral |
404 |
1,047 |
16 |
643 |
2,110 |
Hatiar |
6 |
449 |
92 |
192 |
739 |
Heer |
372 |
181 |
553 |
||
Jarola |
516 |
33 |
1 |
550 |
|
Jhawari |
1,092 |
1,092 |
|||
Johiya |
271 |
562 |
1,960 |
51 |
2,844 |
Jora |
718 |
718 |
|||
Kalera |
41 |
228 |
29 |
557 |
855 |
Kalyar |
356 |
198 |
133 |
23 |
715 |
Kharal |
471 |
21 |
141 |
633 |
|
Khat |
58 |
514 |
10 |
475 |
1,055 |
Khichi |
1,219 |
2,132 |
609 |
1,328 |
5,288 |
Lak |
1,419 |
746 |
71 |
920 |
3,156 |
Lali |
587 |
61 |
11 |
25 |
684 |
Langah |
28 |
162 |
440 |
6 |
638 |
Marath |
548 |
548 |
|||
Mekan |
1,407 |
2,751 |
822 |
455 |
5,435 |
Nissowana |
60 |
445 |
505 |
||
Noon |
15 |
615 |
61 |
17 |
708 |
Panjootha |
107 |
5 |
484 |
596 |
|
Parhar |
142 |
389 |
13 |
220 |
807 |
Ranjha |
314 |
6,008 |
209 |
5 |
7,536 |
Rehan |
142 |
1,305 |
13 |
420 |
1,880 |
Sagoo |
3 |
709 |
3 |
715 |
|
Sandrana |
55 |
255 |
71 |
198 |
577 |
Sandhu |
504 |
504 |
|||
Sohal |
67 |
740 |
3 |
810 |
|
Sujal |
615 |
995 |
445 |
539 |
2,954 |
Tarar |
233 |
919 |
1 |
563 |
1,716 |
Tatri |
54 |
396 |
2 |
670 |
1,122 |
Thaheem |
500 |
56 |
650 |
50 |
1,256 |
Tulla |
213 |
787 |
311 |
1,311 |
|
Ves |
447 |
246 |
1 |
274 |
|
Virk |
161 |
245 |
100 |
120 |
626 |
Waraich |
699 |
192 |
119 |
1,473 |
3,483 |
Mianwali District
According to the 1911 census, the following were the principal Muslim Jat clans:
Tribe |
Mianwali Tehsil |
Bhakkar Tehsil |
Isakhel Tehsil |
Total |
Aheer |
260 |
124 |
137 |
521 |
Arar |
411 |
267 |
678 |
|
Asar |
1,591 |
640 |
38 |
662 |
Asran |
78 |
584 |
662 |
|
Auler Khel |
415 |
492 |
1,337 |
2,244 |
Aulakh |
386 |
1 |
387 |
|
Aulara |
734 |
526 |
1,915 |
|
Alakh |
18 |
819 |
837 |
|
Bhachar |
96 |
107 |
203 |
|
Bhatti |
489 |
1,517 |
223 |
2,229 |
Bhander |
1 |
588 |
589 |
|
Bhamb |
1,020 |
101 |
431 |
1,552 |
Bhawan |
128 |
375 |
503 |
|
Bhutta |
157 |
75 |
313 |
545 |
Bhichar |
1,437 |
79 |
1,516 |
|
Bhidwal |
59 |
1,236 |
1,295 |
|
Brakha |
8 |
456 |
115 |
579 |
Chadhar |
242 |
1,048 |
12 |
1,300 |
Chahura |
566 |
21 |
587 |
|
Chhajra |
19 |
575 |
594 |
|
Chhina |
180 |
2,716 |
180 |
3,076 |
Dahral |
523 |
163 |
52 |
738 |
Dhal |
217 |
1,250 |
1,471 |
|
Dhudhi |
86 |
1,019 |
9 |
1,114 |
Ghallu |
20 |
1,458 |
1,478 |
|
Ghorhawal |
587 |
4 |
591 |
|
Gorchhi |
1,054 |
1,054 |
||
Hansi |
4 |
661 |
26 |
691 |
Heer |
519 |
515 |
1,034 |
|
Jakhar |
9 |
1,415 |
1,424 |
|
Janjua |
786 |
130 |
70 |
986 |
Jhammat |
225 |
237 |
462 |
|
Johiya |
72 |
594 |
666 |
|
Joia |
609 |
1,018 |
23 |
1,650 |
Jora |
622 |
104 |
13 |
739 |
Kalhar |
414 |
120 |
66 |
600 |
Kallu |
528 |
281 |
773 |
1,582 |
Kanera |
262 |
526 |
75 |
863 |
Kanjar |
168 |
1,387 |
1,555 |
|
Kanyal |
327 |
458 |
785 |
|
Khar |
163 |
1,018 |
1,013 |
|
Kharal |
237 |
378 |
31 |
646 |
Kohawer |
318 |
173 |
5 |
496 |
Kundi |
1,111 |
149 |
78 |
1,338 |
Langah |
327 |
458 |
626 |
|
Makkal |
517 |
86 |
23 |
662 |
Mallana |
122 |
494 |
616 |
|
Unu |
110 |
667 |
777 |
|
Pumma |
253 |
570 |
70 |
893 |
Sahi |
16 |
499 |
515 |
|
Samtia |
447 |
77 |
524 |
|
Sangra |
85 |
568 |
653 |
|
Saand |
477 |
24 |
53 |
544 |
Sandi |
89 |
892 |
981 |
|
Sandhila |
41 |
41 |
||
Sial |
257 |
1,905 |
25 |
2,187 |
Soomra |
36 |
575 |
611 |
|
Talokar |
1,267 |
7 |
1,274 |
|
Targar |
199 |
129 |
2,683 |
3,011 |
Turk |
1 |
1 |
||
Turkhel |
236 |
19 |
255 |
|
Waince or Bains |
594 |
133 |
727 |
Gujrat District
The total Muslim Jat population of the district, according to the 1931 Census of India, was 240,800 (98%) out of a total population of 245,997. Below is a list of clans that tabulated by the 1911 census as Jat clans. In addition to these, the Gujrat District Gazetteer gave a list that included the Bajwa, Baluta, Baryar, Chach, Chadhar Chatha, Dhillon, , Dudhra, Ganjial, Gher, Goraya, , Harcchal, Jag, Jhammat, Jhihal, Jindar, Kahlon, Kallar, Katial, Koratana, Lak, Langre, Lang, Langrial, Lidhar, Lilla, Mallana, Phaphra, Ranjha, Sahi, Sahotra, Sidhu and Tihal. The biggest omission from the list below are the Ranjhas, who are one the largest Jat clan in Phalia, which is now part of Mandi Bahauddin District. As the Ranjha area was transferred from the then Shahpur District, they were missed out by the Census enumerators.
Tribe |
Gujrat Tehsil |
Kharian Tehsil |
Phalia Tehsil |
Total |
Bagril |
586 |
586 |
||
Bangial |
1,677 |
2 |
1,679 |
|
Chadhar |
167 |
197 |
612 |
976 |
Chauhan |
82 |
592 |
52 |
726 |
Cheema |
1,711 |
3 |
688 |
2,572 |
Dhillon |
617 |
45 |
30 |
692 |
Dhotar |
53 |
7 |
1,295 |
1,355 |
Ghuman |
663 |
113 |
70 |
846 |
Gondal |
3,190 |
994 |
19,171 |
23,355 |
Hanjra |
1,874 |
613 |
264 |
2,751 |
Heer |
295 |
977 |
179 |
1,451 |
Kang |
1,002 |
10 |
1,032 |
|
Langrial |
12 |
3,724 |
3,736 |
|
Mangat |
85 |
46 |
944 |
1,075 |
Sahi |
892 |
1,581 |
1,501 |
3,736 |
Sandhu |
2,844 |
476 |
122 |
3,442 |
Sarai |
145 |
433 |
53 |
631 |
Sial |
382 |
882 |
247 |
1,511 |
Sipra |
308 |
181 |
595 |
1,084 |
Tarar |
910 |
160 |
13,295 |
14,365 |
Totlle |
12 |
4,180 |
4,192 |
|
Thathal/ Thothal |
64 |
1,922 |
8 |
1,930 |
Virk |
540 |
32 |
458 |
1,030 |
Wadhan / Badhan |
32 |
630 |
662 |
|
Waince / Bains |
353 |
103 |
140 |
596 |
Waraich |
32,899 |
1,184 |
7,474 |
41,557 |