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]

Baranwal
Regions with significant populations
India
Languages
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]

  1. Garg
  2. Vatsil
  3. Goyal
  4. Gohil
  5. Karav
  6. Deval
  7. Kashyap
  8. Vats
  9. Atri
  10. Vamdev
  11. Kapil
  12. Gaalab
  13. Sinhal
  14. Aarnay
  15. Kashil
  16. Upmanyu
  17. Yamini
  18. Parashar
  19. Kaushik
  20. Munas
  21. Katyapan
  22. Kondilya
  23. Pulish
  24. Bhrigu
  25. Sarve
  26. Angira
  27. Krishrabhi
  28. Udhwalak
  29. Ashwalayan
  30. Bharadwaj
  31. Kankhal
  32. Mudgal
  33. Yamadgiri
  34. Chyawan
  35. Vedpramiti
  36. Sanskritayan

References

Notes

    Citations

    1. People of India: Uttar Pradesh. Anthropological Survey of India. 2005. p. 200. ISBN 978-81-7304-114-3.
    2. C. Dwarakanath Gupta (1999). Socio-cultural History of an Indian Caste. Mittal. p. 16. ISBN 978-81-7099-726-9.
    3. Kumar Suresh Singh (1996). Communities, Segments, Synonyms, Surnames and Titles. Anthropological Survey of India. p. 113, 203. ISBN 978-0-19-563357-3.
    4. Smith, V. (1897). Art. XXIX.—The Conquests of Samudra Gupta. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 29(4), 859-910. doi:10.1017/S0035869X0002503X
    5. People of India: Uttar Pradesh 2005, p. 200.
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