Baharwal

Baharwal or Bakarwal, (also spell as Barwal, or Bahrwal) is a clan of Gujjars. Their settlements are located in the northern Indian states of Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Kashmir, Haryana and Punjab of India. The Bakarwal Gurjars are notified as Scheduled Tribes (ST) in Himachal Pradesh and Jammu Kashmir in India.

Their villages with small population are found mainly in Chandigarh district of Haryana, Patiala district of Punjab, Meerut district of Uttar Pradesh in India and also in some other parts of Punjab and Kashmir in Pakistan. Bahrwal Gujjar are also found in villages such as, Lalamusa, Dinga, kharian surroundings of Gujrat, India.
Origin
They claimed to being the descendants from the Hindu lineage.

References

Category:Ethnic groups in India