, Kaushik and Sakarwar (Sankritya) of Gorakhpur ; the Barasi, Birhariya and Kaushik of Basti ; and the Barwar, Bharadwaj , Bhriguvansh , Denwar, Gargbans, Gautama , Purvar, Sakarwar, and Shandilya of Azamgarh . On the Jijhoutia clan of Bhumihar Brahmins, William Crooke writes, "A branch of the Kanaujia Brahmins (