Jandwa is a village in Ratangarh tehsil in
Churu district in
Rajasthan
Rajasthan (; lit. 'Land of Kings') is a state in northern 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 northwestern si ...
. It is situated at a distance of 25 km from Churu in the west direction. The village was founded about 450 years ago by
Jandu (
Janu (clan)) Jats, who moved elsewhere and Khichar
Jats
The Jat people ((), ()) are a traditionally agricultural community in Northern India and Pakistan. Originally pastoralists in the lower Indus river-valley of Sindh, Jats migrated north into the Punjab region in late medieval times, and subse ...
settled here. Khichar Jats came to this place from
Sidhmukh
Sidhmukh is a town and the tehsil headquarters in the Churu district of Rajasthan, India. References
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Now there are so many youngsters of the village are serving proudly in defence forces and so many are doctors,engineers, teachers and businessman.
Jat Gotras in the village
The population of the village Jandwa is about 500 families out of them Khichar is the only Jat gotra with 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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