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The Kehar (Sindhi: کیهر) is a Sindhi Rajput tribe of Sindh. Kehar people are settled in the districts of Karachi, Larkana, Shikarpur, Torband, rahmat faqeer kehar Jacobabad, Pir Jo Goth and Khairpur in Sindh. The Kehar are also considered a clan of the Abro tribe.
The Kehar clan, like the Bhatis, is a group/caste of people originating from Sindh province and Rajasthan in the Indian subcontinent. The Kehar primarily live in northwest India and Pakistan. They are mainly found among Chandravanshi Rajputs (Bhati). A majority of the group follows Sikhism or Hinduism; some are Muslim.
Villages
Kehar is also the name of multiple villages in Sindh, Pakistan, and in Rajasthan and Gujarat, India.
The Kehar village of the tribal chiefs is situated on the Larkana - Naudero road in Larkana District, Sindh; with a large population. To the north of the village is the rice canal, to the south, the Guava Gardens and River Indus, to the east, the "City of Shaheed", Naudero, and to its west, the City of two Prime Ministers, Larkana.
References
- Nahyan, Mansoor Bin Tahnoon Al; Hussain, Jamal; Ghafoor, Asad ul (2019-05-09). Tribes of Pakistan. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN 978-1-5275-3439-1.