Jatt castes in punjab. The rest of Punjab is unranked. [2] They constitute a substantial proportion of the Sikh population. Sikhism's relationship to the caste system is a complex and controversial topic in the modern-period. The Jat people (Hindi: [dʒaːʈ], Punjabi: [dʒəʈː]), also spelt Jaat and Jatt, [2] are a traditionally agricultural caste in Northern India and Pakistan. [1] It is an adaption from Sanskrit. They are one of the dominant communities in Punjab, India, owing to their large land holdings. Khatri is actually a Hindu caste, so they are ranked. Instead of taking the Jatts for a homogenous unit, as in the previous paper,4 I here take into account the various sub-castes within the larger Jatt entity and then compare their distribution with the geographical spread of peasant castes in various districts of Punjab. [3][4][a][b][c] Originally pastoralists in the lower Indus river -valley of Sindh, many Jats migrated north into the Punjab region in late medieval times, and subsequently into the Delhi Territory, northeastern Rajputana, and the western 1. And compared to hetergenous castes of different origin in punjab, our tribes are related to each other, i. jkl uux surhriu pntcs obojy skwpar pxcfv iinngig tbhabg ixnz