1 172
2 PANJAB CASTES.
3 " Since then they have become more civilised and less addicted to deeds of
4 " violence. Socially the Khattars hold an intermediate place, ranking below
5 " Gakkhars, Awans, Ghebas, Jodras, and other high class Rajputs."
6 468. The Khokhar (Caste No. 58).— The figures of Table VIII A under
7 the head Khokhar only represent a fraction of the Khokhars in the Panjab.
8 The Khokhars are ordinarily considered a Rajput tribe, and most of the
9 Khokhars of the central
10 districts have so return-
11 ed themselves. Many
12 of the Khokhars of the
13 western districts again,
14 and all those of the
15 frontier, have been re-
16 turned as Jats ; while
17 only in the Rawalpindi
18 and Multan divisions
19 are separate figures
20 shown for the Khokhar
21 caste. How far this in-
22 clusion is due to Kho-
23 khars having actually
24 returned themselves as
25 Rajput or Jat by caste
26 and Khokhar by tribe,
27 and how far to the action
28 of the divisional offices,
29 I cannot say exactly till
30 the detailed clan tables
31 are ready. But fi'om
32 local enquiry It would
33 appear that Khokhars
34 did very generally retui-n
35 themselves as Jats or
36 Rajputs, especially the
37 latter, and Mr. Thomson
38 tells me that in Pind
39 Dadan Khan the Jat
40 Khokhars are said to be
41 entirely distinct from
42 the Rajput Khokhars. The figures in the margin show those who are returned
43 as Khokhar, Rajput Khokhar, and Jat Khokhar respectively. In the east of
44 the Panjab Khokhars appear to be admittedly of Rajput origin, though In
45 Jalandhar at least they are said to Intermarry rather with their own clan,
46 Shekhs, Awans, and the like, than with their Rajput neighbours. But In the
47 west the Kliokhars have set up a claim to be descended from Muhammad the
48 eldest son of tiutb Shiih of Ghazni, the traditional ancestor of the Awans ;
49 and the claim is often admitted by the Awans themselves, though of course
50 as mythical as the Awan's own story. Thus no fewer than 18,388 men, of
51 whom the detail has already been given In section 466, have returned them-
52 selves as Awan by caste and Khokhar by clan, and should probably he counted
53 as Khokhars and added to the figures given above. Mr. Barklej points out
54 KnOKHAES.
55 (Small numbers om
56 itted in tl
57 e details but included
58 in the totals.)
59 DiSTEiCT OB State.
60 Caste
61 Khokhar.
62 Caste
63 Rajput.
64 Caste
65 Jat.
66 Total.
67 Bohtak ...
68 27
69 1,675
70 1,702
71 Sirsa
72 1,100
73 276
74 1,376
75 Jalandhar...
76 3,682
77 3,682
78 Amritsar ...
79 " 9
80 3,016
81 134
82 3,159
83 Gurdaspar. . .
84 ...
85 1,785
86 1,310
87 3,095
88 Sialkot ...
89 1,870
90 l,2i3
91 3,113
92 Lahore
93 8,349
94 2,184
95 10,533
96 Gajranwala
97 961
98 3,767
99 4,728
100 Firozpnr ...
101 2,401
102 427
103 2,831
104 Rawalpindi
105 "438
106 295
107 161
108 894
109 Jahlam
110 1,745
111 2,208
112 2,011
113 5,964
114 Gujrat
115 393
116 5,208
117 1,745
118 7,346
119 Shahpur ...
120 10,265
121 4,524
122 1,800
123 16,589
124 Multan
125 7,696
126 236
127 963
128 8,895
129 Jhang
130 11,239
131 6,605
132 5,040
133 22,884
134 Montgomery
135 2,866
136 1,058
137 2,157
138 6,081
139 Muzaffargarh
140 951
141 18
142 2,937
143 3,906
144 Dei-ah I'smail Khan ...
145 20
146 8,013
147 8,033
148 Derah Ghazi Khan
149 12
150 4,690
151 4,702
152 Bannu
153 70
154 1,U5
155 1,185
156 Kapiirthala
157 2,375
158 10
159 2,385
160 Bahawalpuv
161 6,310
162 6,310
163 British Territory
164 3ft,'i26
165 45,731
166 42,110
167 123,967
168 Native States
169 11
170 9,649
171 221
172 9,881
173 Province ...
174 36,137
175 55,380
176 42,331
177 133,848
178 Add Awan Khokhar ...
179 ...
180 ...
181 18,388
182 Geaxd Total
183 152,236
184 1