Is Gujjar a lower caste?

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.

Which caste is dominant in Delhi NCR?

According to a 2019 The Hindu article, surveys by the political parties indicate that the dominant voter caste / community groups in Delhi include the Tyagis (11%), Jats (10%), Punjabis (9%), Vaish (8%), Gujjars (9% ), Ahir (7%), Brahmins (7%) , Sikhs (5%) and Meenas (2%).A 2013 The Pioneer report estimates Jats to be …

Are Gujjars Brahmins?

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.

What is difference between Jat and Gujjar?

The only distinction that the government has now drawn between Gujjar and Jat reservation is that the former was a special reservation and was exceeding 50% ceiling. Jats have been incorporated in 21% quota of the OBC category which is well within the prescribed limit, the government argues.

Is Gujjar a Yadav?

So descents of Yadu means Yadav ( यादव ) people adopted the business of Shepherds and milkmen . Gujjar – The word Gujjar is corrupt form of word Gurjar . These Gurjar people are known as descents of Karna ( कर्ण ) of Mahabharat ( महाभारत ) .

Is Yadav and Gujjar same?

From thousands of years and in all religious books and many well known historians have mentioned that Ahirs or ancient Abhira tribe and Yadavas are same people and they comes under Chandravanshi Kshatriyas. And since then they became above Ahir/Yadav and Gujjar which left behind.

Is Gujjar a OBC?

The Gurjars are classified as Other Backward Class (OBC) in some of India’s States and UTs; in Jammu and Kashmir and some parts of Himachal Pradesh they are categorised as a Scheduled Tribe.

Is Gujjar Jatt?

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.

Is Gujjar a Jutt?

Out of 2 National Assembley seats, 1 is Jutt and other is Gujjar.

Are Gujjar shudras?

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. They did not understand the role of reservations in producing an intellectual class from each Shudra caste.

How many gotra are there in Gujjar?

1178 gotras
Gurjars or Gujjars are divided in number of clans (Gotras). They have as many as 1178 gotras.

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