Population of Muslim Rajput Clans of British Punjab According to the 1901 Census of India

In this post, I make reference to the 1901 Census of India, which gave a breakdown of the larger Muslim Rajput clans of British Punjab. The whole Province of Punjab had a 24.4 million population in 1901, of which the Muslim Rajputs numbered 1,505,586. In 1901, the Punjab comprised five administrative divisions — Delhi, Jullunder, Lahore, Multan and Rawalpindi — and a number of princely states. During the course of the Census, those districts that lay across the Indus which formed the Peshawar Division were formed into a new province named the North West Frontier Province. Geographically, the province was a triangular tract of country of which the Indus River and its tributary the Sutlej formed the two sides up to their confluence, the base of the triangle in the north being the Lower Himalayan Range between those two rivers. Moreover, the province as constituted under British rule also included a large tract outside these boundaries. Along the northern border, Himalayan ranges divided it from Kashmir and Tibet. On the west it was separated from the North-West Frontier Province by the Indus, until it reached the border of Dera Ghazi Khan District, which was divided from Baluchistan by the Sulaiman Range. To the south lay Sindh and Rajputana, while on the east the rivers Jumna and Tons separated it from the United Provinces.

In present-day India, it included the regions of Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, and Himachal Pradesh (but excluding the former princely states which were later combined into the Patiala and East Punjab States Union). While in present-day Pakistan, it included the regions of Punjab, Islamabad Capital Territory and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (until 1901).

My post on the Rajputs of Punjab gives more details as to the origin and distribution of the various Rajputs tribes.

 

Tribe	Population	Distribution
Bhatti	249,302	throughout Punjab, but special concentrations in Bhatiana (Firuzpur/Hissar/Sirsa), Bhatiore (Jhang/Chiniot), Gujranwala and Rawalpindi
Chauhan	114,529	Modern Haryana (especially Karnal and Panipat), Ambala, and central Punjab – the Karnal, Rohtak and Rewari Chauhan are a Ranghar tribe
Khokhar	108,239	Jhang, Jhelum, Hoshiarpur, Sialkot and Gurdaspur
Sial	104,658	Jhang, Multan and other parts of South Punjab
Joiya	61,438	Along the banks of the Sutlej from Multan to Firuzpur extending to Hissar and Sirsa
Panwar	55,068	Rohtak, Karnal, Jind and Hissar (the eastern group); Bahawalpur, Multan and Muzaffargarh (the western group) – the eastern group are a Ranghar tribe
Gondal	36,088	The Gondal Bar (Mandi Bahaudin, Gujrat and Sargodha), also in Rawalpindi
Naru	34,152	mainly in what is now India Punjab – Jallandhar and Ludhiana
Ghorewaha	33,295	mainly in what is now India Punjab – Hoshiarpur, Jallandhar and Ludhiana
Sulehria / Sulehri	28,577	Sialkot and Gurdaspur – a Muslim Dogra group
Wattu	25,544	Along the banks of the Sutlej from Multan to Firuzpur extending to Hissar and Sirsa
Janjua	23,619	A western group found in Rawalpindi and Jhelum, and eastern group in Hoshiarpur
Baria, also pronounced Varya	21,991	Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur and Patiala State
Mandahar	21,764	Mainly Karnal and Panipat – a Ranghar group
Manj	20,736	Amritsar, Firuzpur and Jalandhar
Jatu	18,861	Hissar, Sirsa and Rohtak – a Ranghar
Taoni	18,384	Ambala and Patiala State – a Ranghar tribe
Tomar/ Tonwar	18,365	Hissar, Karnal and Rohtak – a Ranghar tribe
Mair-Minhas	15,697	Chakwal
Minhas/Manhas	13,471	from Rawalpindi in the west to Hoshiarpur in the east – a Muslim Dogra group
Dhudhi	11,764	In Sahiwal, mainly in the new districts of Vehari and Okara
Ranjha	11,764	Gujrat, Jhelum and Mandi Bahaudin
Bhakral	11,577	Rawalpindi and Jhelum/Chakwal
Chib	10.697	Jhelum and Gujrat – Muslim Dogra sub-group
Khichi	9,769	Between Ravi and Sutlej – now Vehari, Pakpattan and Sahiwal
Alpial	9,395	Attock and Rawalpindi
Mekan	8,915	Sargodha and Jhelum
Tiwana	6,326	A western group in Khushab and eastern group in Patiala
Khoja	6,326	Multan and Bahawalpur State
Baghial	5,769	Rawalpindi
Noon	4,866	Sargodha, Multan and southern Punjab
Thathaal	4,134	Rawalpindi, Jhelum and Gujrat
Dhanial	4,037	Murree Tehsil of Rawalpindi
Raghubansi	4,032	Hissar and Sirsa – a Ranghar group
Dahya	3,637	Ambala and Karnal – a Ranghar tribe
Kanyal	3,271	Rawalpindi and Jhelum
Nagial	3,036	Rawalpindi and Jhelum
Dhamial	2,967	Rawalpindi and Jhelum
Jhammat	2,550	Sargodha, Multan and South Punjab
Gaurwa	2,521	Gurgaon, Delhi and Rohtak – a Ranghar tribe
Kethwal	2,355	Rawalpindi – Murre Tehsil (now Kotli Sattian)
Katil	2,170	Sialkot and Gurdaspur – A Muslim Dogra sub-group
Jodhra	1,802	Attock and Rawalpindi District
Bargujar	1,502	Gurgaon and Delhi – Ranghar tribe
Hon	1,496	Rawalpindi
Lar	1,494	Multan and South Punjab
Jatal	1,451	Rawalpindi
Pundir	1,427	Ambala and Karnal – a Ranghar tribe
Atiras	1,416	Patiala State
Ranial	1,345	Rawalpindi and Jhelum
Sasral	1,292	Rawalpindi
Nissowana	996	Jhang and Sargodha
Jalap	949	Jhelum
Nagral	919	Rawalpindi
Adrah	909	Rawalpindi
Bhon	853	Sargodha
Kalial	773	Rawalpindi and Jhelum
Chandel	752	Lahore, Jalandhar and Ludhiana
Narma	748	Rawalpindi and Gujrat
Satti	744	Rawalpindi – Murree
Khatril	722	Rawalpindi
Mial	699	Rawalpindi
Gakhar	690	Rawalpindi and Jhelum
Targar	653	Multan and South Punjab
Rathore	587	Firuzpur and Hissar
Nagralwal	580	Rawalpindi
Jamra	548	Dera Ghazi Khan
Satraola	546	Hissar – a Ranghar group
Chatha	500	Rawalpindi
Kowar	493	Rawalpindi
Luddu	491	Hoshiarpur
Kanial Chauhan	470	Rawalpindi
Sainiwal	439	Rawalpindi
Rath	410	Sahiwal and Okara
Johar	407	Rawalpindi
Bakhial	404	Rawalpindi
Jodha	368	Rawalpindi
Joota	367	Jhang
Bosan	340	Multan
Chadhar	334	Jhang
Mangral	331	Rawalpindi
Fattiana	318	Sahiwal
Pathial	311	Hoshiarpur
Maral	307	Jhang
Tanwari	273	Multan
Badhan	272	Rawalpindi
Salhal	262	Rawalpindi
Khel	234	Rawalpindi
Sudhan	227	Rawalpindi
Kangra	222	Rawalpindi
Dharwal	202	Mianwali
Hafial	197	Rawalpindi
Gaharwal	194	Rawalpindi
Kahut	178	Jhelum / Chakwal
Gangal	178	Rawalpindi
Saswal	174	Rawalpindi
Marial	167	Rawalpindi
Kathia	166	Sahiwal
Taranda	162	Multan
Tonda	156	Rawalpindi
Bhao Ragial	153	Rawalpindi
Bains	152	Rawalpindi
Budhal	152	Rawalpindi
Dalal	133	Rawalpindi
Satral	146	Rawalpindi
Jasgam	129	Rawalpindi
Matra	121	Multan
Kassar	113	Jhelum / Chakwal
Katoch	112	Kangra
Khakha	106	Rawalpindi
Jaswal	89	Hoshiarpur
Bagri	82	Firuzpur
Pathania	69	Gurdaspur
Ladhar	47	Rawalpindi
Jaral	47	Kangra
Kilchi	46	Rawalpindi
Thakkar	36	Gurdaspur
Guleria	11	Gurdaspur