What caste do jats belong to?

Jats are classified as Other Backward Class (OBC) in seven of India’s thirty-six States and UTs, namely Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.

What is the religion of Jats?

Jats may be Hindu, Muslim, or Sikh by religion. Hindu Jats (47\% of all Jats) know and worship the gods of the Sanskrit tradition and, like all Hindus, hold the cow in high regard. But they also follow many local religious practices and observances, and worship local deities.

Is Krishna a JAAT?

Krishna was not a Yadava, nor are the Jats, as stated by him, the descendants of the Yadavas. Al-Biruni only states that Krishna-Vasudeva family is Jatt.

Is Kurmi a gotra of Jats?

Kurmi (कुरमी) Koormi (कुर्मी) is gotra of Jats in Uttar Pradesh. But Kurmi is also a separate caste found over vast areas in Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.

What is the difference between Kurmi and koormi?

Kurmi (कुरमी) Koormi (कुर्मी) is gotra of Jats in Uttar Pradesh. But Kurmi is also a separate caste found over vast areas in Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar . They were the people dwelling in area around Karakoram and known as Kurmi.

Do Kurmi and Shakya belong to the same gotra?

Shakya belong to Gautam Gotra[1] while Kurmi belong to Kashyap Gotra. So the short answer of this question is that they don’t belong to same gotras. Both Gautam and Kashyap belong to The Great Seven Saints or Saptarishi.

What is the caste of Kurmi in India?

In the 1901 Census of India, the category of varna, the four-fold graded system, was included in the official classification of caste, the only time this was the case. In the United Provinces (UP), the Kurmi were classified under “Class VIII: Castes from whom some of the twice-born would take water and pakki (food cooked with ghee )]