Chookhia

The Chookhias are a Chadhar sub clan living in chak no.130 NB near Sillanwali. Like all Chadhars they claim that their forefathers come from Tahli Mangeeni, the throne of Chadhars. The living tribal leader is Chaudhary Ahmed Sher Chadhar, son of Chaudhary Mirdad Chadhar.

A small number of Chookias also live in Chak Loone.

Chadhar subclans

Aasi Chookhia Jappa Kaloke Kangar Kullah Nalere Rajoke Sajanke Wijhalke

Ethnic groups, social groups and tribes of the Punjab

Agrawal	Bansal Dharan Goyal Gupta Nangal Singhal

Arains	Mian Mehar Dhankhar

Brahmins	Punjabi Brahmins Saraswat Brahmins Bali Chhibber Datt Lau Mohan Mohyal Pathak Sharma

Scheduled Castes	Ad-Dharmi Balmiki Bazigar Chamar Khateek Mazhabi Sikh Mochi Mirasi Nanda Nat Ramdasia Sikh Ravidasi

Ahirs	Yaduvanshi Ahirs Ahirs Harals Ghosi Hindu Ghosi Bhurtiya Aharwar Nirban Ranghar Dagar

Gurjars	Gurjar Parihar Kasana Chechi Tomar Bhati Chauhan Solanki Baisla

Jats	Bains Bagga Bajwa Birring Chaudhary Chohan Dhaka Dhankhar Dhillon Dhaliwal Dhindsa Ghuman Gill Goraya Kharal Khokhar Khullar Ponwar Randhawa Saharan Sandhu Sidhu Sial Sodhi Sohal Virk Sanghera Sahi Nanda

Labana	Datla Ghotra Labana Nanda

Khatris	Ahuja Anand Babbar Bagga Bedi Bhasin Bindra Chadha Chopra Dhawan Duggal Ghai Khukhrain Kapoor Khanna Kohli Malhotra Malik Nanda Nayar Oberoi Puri Rehal Roshan Sabharwal Sahni Sehgal Sekhri Sethi Sodhi Suri Talwar Tandon Thapar Tuli Vohra

Rajputs	Hunjan Hun Manhas Bais Butta Bhakral Bhatti Chandel Chattar Chib Chauhan Dhulia Gohil Jamwal Janjua Jappa Mair Mekan Naroo Nauls Noon Parmar Panwar Prasad Pundir Puni Ranawat Rawat Ranial Rathore Saharan Sulehria Shaktawat Solangi Sohlan Sisodia Tuar Thakial

Tarkhans	Bhambra Panesar Rooprai Reehal Rupal Ramgharia Sohal

Aroras Bakarwal Bania Bishnois Kamboj Kumhars Sansi Sayyid

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