المعروف کھنڈوعہ خاندان | |
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Languages | |
Mother language Punjabi and National language Urdu | |
Religion | |
Islam |
Khandoya or Khandowa ( Urdu/ Punjabi: کھنڈویہ المعروف کھنڈوعہ , also spelled Khandowya and Khandowa) is a Punjabi Rajput sub-clan mainly present in the northern, central and western parts of the Pakistani Punjab, with significant numbers living in Jhang, Chakwal and to a lesser extent in Khandowa. [1]
At the rural level, the Khandoyas were historically the zamindar or landowning class [2] and to this day many Khandoya families live on and cultivate the land, which their ancestors held for centuries. They often carry titles typical to Punjabis [3] who own tracts of ancestral land.