Jandwa is a village in Ratangarh
tehsil
A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluk, or taluka () is a local unit of administrative division in India and Pakistan. It is a subdistrict of the area within a Zila (country subdivision), district including the designated populated place that ser ...
in
Churu district
Churu is a district of the northern Indian state of Rajasthan.
Churu lies in the Sekhawati region of northern Rajasthan and shares boundaries with the Hanumangarh District to the north, the Haryana state to the east, the Jhunjhunu and Sikar ...
in
Rajasthan, India
Rajasthan (; lit. 'Land of Kings') is a state in northwestern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the largest Indian state by area and the seventh largest by population. It is on India's northweste ...
. It is situated from Churu in the west direction. The village was founded about 450 years ago by
Jandu (
Janu (clan))
Jats
The Jat people (, ), also spelt Jaat and Jatt, are a traditionally agricultural community in Northern India and Pakistan. Originally pastoralists in the lower Indus river-valley of Sindh, many Jats migrated north into the Punjab region in ...
, who moved elsewhere and Khichar
Jats
The Jat people (, ), also spelt Jaat and Jatt, are a traditionally agricultural community in Northern India and Pakistan. Originally pastoralists in the lower Indus river-valley of Sindh, many Jats migrated north into the Punjab region in ...
settled in Jandwa. Khichar Jats came to Jandwa from
Sidhmukh
Sidhmukh is a town and the tehsil headquarters in the Churu district of Rajasthan
Rajasthan (; Literal translation, lit. 'Land of Kings') is a States and union territories of India, state in northwestern India. It covers or 10.4 per ce ...
.
Many of the village's young people serve in the defence forces; many work as doctors, engineers, teachers and businessmen.
Jat gotras
The population of the village Jandwa is about 500 families; out of them Khichar is the only Jat
gotra
In Hindu culture, the term gotra (Sanskrit: गोत्र) is considered to be equivalent to lineage. It broadly refers to people who are descendants in an unbroken male line from a common male ancestor or patriline. Generally, the gotr ...
with a population of 250 families. There is only one other Jat family of
Ruhil.
References
* Interview dated 19-02-2007 with Resident Jandwa, Tehsil Ratangarh, District Churu, Rajasthan (India).
Villages in Churu district
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