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. 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. 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.#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. 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. Notable Batwals

Lal Chand Yamla Jatt, Punjabi folk singer
Ajay Sadhotra, minister and former deputy leader of opposition in J&K assembly
Vishal Kaith, Indian football player

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Surnames of Indian origin
Surnames of Hindu origin
Punjabi tribes
Punjabi-language surnames
Dalit communities
Scheduled Castes of Jammu and Kashmir
Scheduled Castes of Punjab
Scheduled Castes of Himachal Pradesh
Scheduled Castes of Haryana
Social groups of Jammu and Kashmir
Social groups of Punjab, India