Katuwal, Katawal,Katowal, Katwal ( ne, कटवाल) is a surname used in

Darjeeling Darjeeling (, , ) is a town and municipality in the northernmost region of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located in the Eastern Himalayas, it has an average elevation of . To the west of Darjeeling lies the easternmost province of Ne ...

Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is ma ...

,Assam, and

Kumaon region Kumaon (; Kumaoni: ''Kumāū''; ; historically romanized as KemāonJames Prinsep (Editor)John McClelland ) is a revenue and administrative division in the Indian State of Uttarakhand. It spans over the eastern half of the state and is bounde ...

from Uttarakhand. They belong to Ekthariya subcaste that is widely accepted to be of

patrilineal Patrilineality, also known as the male line, the spear side or agnatic kinship, is a common kinship system in which an individual's family membership derives from and is recorded through their father's lineage. It generally involves the inheritan ...

Rajput Rajput (from Sanskrit ''raja-putra'' 'son of a king') is a large multi-component cluster of castes, kin bodies, and local groups, sharing social status and ideology of genealogical descent originating from the Indian subcontinent. The term Ra ...

and

Chhetri Chhetri (Kshetri, Kshettri, Kshetry or Chhettri), ( ne, क्षेत्री ; IAST: ''Kṣetrī'') historically called Kshettriya or Kshetriya or Khas are Nepali speakers of Khas community, some of whom trace their origin to migration fr ...

origin from present day India, which is in contrast to Bahuthariya (multiple clan) Chhetri subcaste which is of patrilineal

Khas Khas people (; ne, खस) popularly known as Khas Arya are an Indo-Aryan ethno-linguistic group native to the Himalayan region of South Asia, what is now present-day Nepal, Indian states of Uttarakhand, West Bengal and Sikkim. Historical ...

origin. They were one of subcaste(Clan) of Chettri community like Thapa,Karki,Bisht,Khadka,Basnyat etc.They also wear the sacred thread.They were considered as one of a noble family of Nepalese and Gorkha Kingdom.They belong to Jharra Chhetri (subgroup of chhetri caste)

Notable people

Notable people bearing the name or its variants include: * Jeet Ram Katwal, Indian MLA in

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Manoj Katuwal, Nepali cricket player who played for the

Nepal National Cricket Team The Nepal national cricket team ( ne, नेपाल राष्ट्रिय क्रिकेट टीम) nicknamed The Rhinos and Gorkhalis, represents the country of Nepal in International cricket and is governed by the Cricket Ass ...

between 2002 and 2006 *General

Rookmangud Katawal General Rookmangud Katawal is a former Nepalese Army general, who served as the Chief of Army Staff of the Nepal Army from 2006 to 2009. General Katawal has come across controversy after the then Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal unilaterally ...

, former Chief of Army Staff of the Nepali Army * Yubraj Katawal, Former President- Free Education Consultancy's Organization Nepal (FECON) * Hari Bhakta Katuwal, prominent poet and lyricist of Nepal

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{{Chhetri communities Nepali-language surnames Khas surnames Surnames of Nepalese origin

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