Regions with significant populations | |
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Uttarakhand | |
Languages | |
Hindi, Kumaoni | |
Religion | |
Hinduism | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Kumaoni people, Other Indo-Aryan peoples |
Kumaoni Rajput, also referred to as Thakur, Rajput or Kshetri is a Kshatriya Rajput caste of Rajputs who wielded considerable power in the Kumaon region, from around the 4th century till the conquest of Kumaon by the Gorkha.[1]
List of Rajput clans in Kumaon:[2][3][4]
The Kumaoni Rajput, also referred to as Thakur, Rajput or Kshetri, are a small community which includes all immigrants of Kshatriya varna who wielded considerable power both political and economic, from around the fourth century till the conquest of Kumaon by the Gorkha.
Pal or Rajwar of Askot, Gaida, Kadakoti, and Karki are the major clans of Suryavanshi Rajputs. Chandravanshi Rajputs include descendants of the Chand dynasty such as Rautela of Sor, Kota, Dhaniakot, and Fadtyal of Kali Kumaon. They are the main Rajput clans of Kumaon.