Various castes exist in Pakistan, but here are the top 7 Top castes in Pakistan that the majority are aware of:

According to this theory, the caste system began with the arrival of the Aryans in India. The Aryans arrived in India around 1500 BC. The fair skinned Aryans arrived in India from south Europe and north Asia. When the Aryans arrived in India their main contact was with the Dravidians and the Austroloids.

It was, however, the Portuguese who first employed casta in the primary modern sense of the English word ‘caste’ when they applied it to the thousands of endogamous, hereditary Indian social groups they encountered upon their arrival in India in 1498.

• Butt.
• Jutt. The Jutt people are a traditionally agricultural community in Northern Pakistan, majorly found as landowners.
• Rajpoot.
• Sheikh.
• Mughal.
• Gujjar.
• Qureshi.

The Jutt people

The Gujjar identity (Gurjara identity) was formed by the ancient clans of present-day Rajasthan and Gujarat. For example, there is a consensus among historians that Chauhans, Parmars, and Pratihars predate Rajput history, but today they are the most prominent clans among Rajputs.

Rajputs were never called yadavs and Ahir/Abhirs tribe /Yadavs are ancient warriors and same. And since then they became above Ahir/Yadav and Gujjar which left behind. Rajput word came into existance in 6 bc .

The “Gurjar’s Community Online” website refers to the Gujjars as upper caste Kshatriyas, which they may have been in Rajasthan, although many Gujjars are Muslims and Sikhs as well. The communities listed as the Scheduled Castes (SCs) are essentially the lowest in the Hindu caste hierarchy locally referred to as Dalits.

A gujjar or gurjar is one who keeps, tends, rears sheep, cow, buffalo for milk. They are located in along the Shivaliks, in parts of Haryana, UP and Rajasthan. A jatt, especially in Punjab, Haryana, parts of Rajasthan and western UP, is one who owns and tills land and is engaged in agriculture.

Gurjar/Gujjar/Gujar all are same. In Punjab the clan are called as Gujjar. Sanskrit word is Gurjar and in hindi it Gujar, similar to Baman, Bahman Brahmin etc. The Gurjars (Gujjars) were Pratihars (The protector) of India and every other kings was either Vassal or fuedatory till 10th.

Gujjars are mainly concentrated in the north of India. Hindu Gujjars usually belong to the kshatriya varna, although some communities are classified as Brahmin. Gujjars can also be Muslim, Sikh, Christian and presumably Buddhist.

The Mandal Commission Report defined all Shudras, including Jats, Gujjars, Patels, Marathas and so on, as the Other Backward Classes, by shifting the historical category of Shudra into a constitutional category.

Gujjars inhabit the north-western region of the Indian subcontinent spanning across the regions of J&K, Himachal Pradesh (HP), Rajasthan (RJ), Haryana and Gujarat in India, and in the neighboring countries of Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Darshan Gurjar (born 5 September 2001) is an Indian film and TV actor working in Bollywood films and Indian TV Serials. He has worked in more than 5 films, 17 TV serials and around 10 commercial films.

1178 gotras

Jaats constitutes around 1 % of Indian population and Gujjar constitutes less than 1 % .

Among the 1178 Gujjar Gotras are : Bainsla, Bhati, Tanwar, Ambwala, Adhana, Badana, Awana, Amrana, Amni, Auwaal, Atala, Alkari, Ahmana, Agchal, Ahirwal, Amolekhra, Bhati, Bahrowal, Bidhuri, Bala, Barkat, Chaprana, Chandela, Chaap, Chhokar, Chhali, Charlay, Chaap, Dedha, Dhaliya, Dorata, Dogay, Dedhar, Dorata, Dhaliya.

Lohmod(Lohia) is one of the many clans of the Gurjars. They are branch of Gurjar panwars. They had been one of the ruling clans of the Gurjars.

List of Gurjar clans(GOTRA) (The total number of clans being 3000) DOILA vill-milak,dankour(U.P.)

Gujjar is a Hindu caste classified as other backward class in most of Indian states. Gujari, classified under Rajasthani, has traditionally been the basic language of Gujjars. They are mostly settled in Rajasthan, Delhi, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.

Earlier, the 29-year-old actor had dropped his surname, Yadav. But has now decided to change his name to Rajkummar Rao. I thought why not try it,” he said, adding, “And I always wanted to keep my surname as Rao because Yadav or Rao is the same surname in Haryana.

The Dhedh are the weaving caste of India. Historically, certain Upper Caste Hindu communities have not considered them to be an untouchable group, outside the Hindu ritual ranking system known as varna. This community too observes untouchability in relationships with other low-status castes.

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Sociological study indicates they likely descend from a subgroup of the Hindu Kayastha record-keeper caste who Islamized at some point. The title “As-Siddiq” (Arabic: الصديق‎) was given to the first Abu Bakr, by Muhammad….Siddiqui.

On one side of a dirt track live the upper-caste Muslims (Syeds, Sheikhs and Pathans) and on the other side live the lower-caste Muslims (Ansaris, Dhunias and Raains). There are only four Hindu families in Allahpur, and they are all lower castes, their houses amid the low-caste Muslim houses.

The community belong to both the Sunni and Shia sects of Islam, but the majority are Sunnis. The Qassab have local caste associations, known as jamats, in each of their settlements, which deal with disputes within the community. In Bihar, the Qassab are a class of Muslim butchers, and are generally known as Qureshis.