Baranwal
Baranwal (also spelled Barnwal, Burnwal, Bernwal, Varanwal, Varnwal, Barnawal) is a Hindu community found throughout northern India, including Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat along with a sprinkled presence in Rajasthan, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh.[1][2] The name of the caste derives from "Baran" or "Barn", a former name of the Bulandshahr city.[1][3][1][4]
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India | |
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Hindi, Bhojpuri | |
Religion | |
Hinduism |
Gotras
Historically, there has been no unanimity regarding number and names of gotras, and there are regional differences between the list of gotras. There is 36 gotra in baranwal community. Some of the gotras like Kasyap and Kaushik are specific to Rajputs.[5]
- Garg
- Vatsil
- Goyal
- Gohil
- Karav
- Deval
- Kashyap
- Vats
- Atri
- Vamdev
- Kapil
- Gaalab
- Sinhal
- Aarnay
- Kashil
- Upmanyu
- Yamini
- Parashar
- Kaushik
- Munas
- Katyapan
- Kondilya
- Pulish
- Bhrigu
- Sarve
- Angira
- Krishrabhi
- Udhwalak
- Ashwalayan
- Bharadwaj
- Kankhal
- Mudgal
- Yamadgiri
- Chyawan
- Vedpramiti
- Sanskritayan
References
Notes
Citations
- People of India: Uttar Pradesh. Anthropological Survey of India. 2005. p. 200. ISBN 978-81-7304-114-3.
- C. Dwarakanath Gupta (1999). Socio-cultural History of an Indian Caste. Mittal. p. 16. ISBN 978-81-7099-726-9.
- Kumar Suresh Singh (1996). Communities, Segments, Synonyms, Surnames and Titles. Anthropological Survey of India. p. 113, 203. ISBN 978-0-19-563357-3.
- Smith, V. (1897). Art. XXIX.—The Conquests of Samudra Gupta. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 29(4), 859-910. doi:10.1017/S0035869X0002503X
- People of India: Uttar Pradesh 2005, p. 200.
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