Chopra, is a clan found in the

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Punjabi ethnic community of Pakistan and India. They are mainly adherents of Hinduism, Sikhism and Islam. The variations of the name include Chopra, ''Chonpra'', or ''Chupra.''

Ethnography

Some Chopra Gujjar families have settled in

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, and Azad Kashmir, Pakistan, but the vast majority of them live in the northern

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n states of

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(mainly in the districts of

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and

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), Haryana and

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References

Sources

#James M. Campbell (1880
Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Under Government Orders. Khàndesh. Volume XII
r. Government Central Press. p. 67 #

Horace Arthur Rose Horace Arthur Rose (25 November 1867 – 18 September 1933) was an administrator in the Indian Civil Service and also an author of works related to India in the time of the British Raj. Rose was the son of a merchant from East Grinstead and was ...

(1911
A Glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province
Low Price Publications. p. 182 "CHONPRA, a Gujar clan (agricultural) found in Amritsar." #V.Verma (2000
Ban-Gujars: A Nomadic Tribe in Himachal Pradesh
B.R. Publishing Corporation. p. 104 Social groups of Punjab, Pakistan Social groups of Uttarakhand Social groups of Haryana Social groups of Jammu and Kashmir Surnames of Indian origin {{Pakistan-ethno-stub