19-481: Varya may refer to: Warya , Muslim Rajput community of India and Pakistan Russian diminutive of Varvara Varya (rakshasa) , spirit in Indian mythology; see List of Rakshasas Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Varya . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
38-536: A 10-metre high mound with settlements dating back to 2300 BC. Excavations from Mard Khera village have led to the discovery of pottery from the Harappan period. Remnants of pottery from the Kushan period have also been discovered. According to the 2011 census Sangrur district (including Malerkotla district) had a population of 1,655,169 of which male and female were 878,029 and 777,140 respectively, roughly equal to
57-452: A very distant past from Udaipur . The Varya are descendants of Warah, whose grandson Rājā Banni Pāl, is said to have founded Bhatinda, after conquering Bhatner and marrying the daughter of its Rajā. Banni Pāl's son Udasi was defeated by a king of Delhi but received a jagir. His son Sundar had seven sons, of whom the eldest founded Badhar in Nabha . (Cf. Barian). According to another tradition,
76-543: Is a Rajput and Jat clan found predominantly in the Punjab and Sindh provinces of Pakistan and in the state of Gujarat in India. In the 9th century C.E, Varah and Panwar Rajputs of Bathinda attacked Tanot , the then capital of Bhati dynasty in western Rajasthan . This resulted in the fall of Tanot and the death of its ruler. The Varya or Baria had a number of origin myths . They generally place themselves within
95-587: Is followed by majority of the people in the Sangrur district. Hinduism is followed by a considerable population. Before the division of Malerkotla district, Sangrur had the largest population of Muslims in Punjab. However in the residual district Muslims are a small minority. Languages of Sangrur district (2011) At the time of the 2011 census, 94.93% of the population spoke Punjabi , 3.12% Hindi and 1.48% Haryanvi as their first language. The table below shows
114-492: The 1901 Census of India : there were 21,986 Muslim Waryas while 467 of them were Hindus. This accounted for a total population of 22,453 with most of them being inhabited in the princely states of Patiala and Nabha . Sangrur District Sangrur district is in the state of Punjab in northern India . Sangrur city is the district headquarters. It is one of the five districts in Patiala Division in
133-653: The Suryanvanshi division of the Rajputs . It seems that there original settlement was in Patiala . The name Baria / Varya is very likely derived from the Sanskrit word Varaha which means boar, which was very likely their totem. Another form of the name appears to be Warah, which is used by those of Jalandhar . There is general agreement that the ancestor of the tribe was Binepal of Bhatinda , and had emigrated at
152-611: The Barhaiya Rajputs of Azamgarh and Ghazipur districts in Uttar Pradesh , who also connect themselves with Udaipur . Rai Kalu of Kakra near Bhawanigarh was said to be the first Varya chief to have embraced Islam in the reign of the Emperor Akbar . Different groups of Varya then began to convert, but there are many Varyas who are still Hindus such as those of Bakhtri in what is now Sangrur District . In
171-481: The Indian state of Punjab. Neighbouring districts are Malerkotla (north), Barnala (west), Patiala (east), Mansa (southwest) and Fatehabad (Haryana) and Jind ( Haryana ) (south). Sangrur consists of the cities of Dhuri , Lehragaga , Sangrur , and Sunam . Other cities are Bhawanigarh , Dirba , Khanauri , Longowal , Cheema and Moonak . There are 7 sub-divisions, being Sangrur, Dhuri, Sunam, Lehragaga, Moonak, Bhawanigarh and Dirba. Till 2006, Barnala
190-608: The Patiala State, the Varya, both Hindu and Muslim owned nearly 30 villages in the tehsils of Sunam, Bhawanigarh and Amargarh. At the beginning of the 20th century, they were organized along chhats or villages of the first rank and makans or villages of the second rank, other villages being inferior to these in social status. The author of the Patiala Gazetteer wrote the following: Barahs have 12 chhats and 24 makans,
209-634: The chhats in this State being Samana, Talwandi, Kakra, Bhumsi, Jhal, Jhondan, in Nabha Baena, Badbar, Baragraon, in Jind Bazidpur, and in British territory Budlida and Moranda. According to another tradition, the tribe is descended from a Warah, whose grandson Rajah Banni Pal, who is said to have founded Bhatinda, after conquering Bhatner and marrying the daughter of the Raja. Banni Pal's son Udasi
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#1732781109671228-626: The data from the district nutrition profile of children below the age of 5 years, in Sangrur, as of year 2019-21. The table below shows the district nutrition profile of Sangrur of women between the ages of 15 to 49 years, as of year 2019-21. The table below shows the number of road accidents and people affected in Sangrur district (including Malerkotla) by year. In 2009-10, there were a total of 10,695 registered industrial units in Sangrur district. Of this, 23 were large and medium units. Small scale industries employed 53,259 workers and Large and Medium industries employed 10,325 people. Sangrur district
247-422: The district had a population of 1,225,415. Scheduled Castes made up 368,562 (30.08%) of the population. The table below shows the sex ratio of Sangrur district through decades. The table below shows the child sex ratio of children below the age of 6 years in the rural and urban areas of Sangrur district. The table below shows the literacy rate of different CD blocks of Sangrur district, as of 2011. Sikhism
266-398: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Varya&oldid=1173796052 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Warya The Warya (also known as Varya and Varah )
285-461: The nation of Guinea-Bissau or the US state of Idaho . This gives it a ranking of 300st in India (out of a total of 640 ). The district has a population density of 449 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,160/sq mi). Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 12.3%. Sangrur has a sex ratio of 885 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 67.99%. After bifurcation,
304-625: The tribe is descended from a Warah , whose grandson Rajah Banni Pal, who is said to have founded Bhatinda , after conquering Bhatner and marrying the daughter of the Raja. In Jallandhar , the Varya had a tradition that their ancestor Mal, a descendent of Raja Karan of the Mahabharata , came from Jal Kahra in Patiala in around 1500. Most Varya Rajputs consider themselves to be Rajputs of the Suryanvashi lineage. The Varya may be connected with
323-563: Was a son of Varga, 26th generations down from Bikarmaditya. Variah's descendants were Taskmas, Ajaypal, Abhaiypal, Vineypal, Lakhanpal, Rattanpal, Naiyapal, Nainpal, Vijaypal, Jashpal, Satpal and Gunpal. During the reign of Emperor Aurangzeb , most of the Varya tribe converted to Islam. After the partition of Punjab in 1947, a large population of Muslim Varyas migrated to western Punjab in Pakistan, where they are found in various districts such as Faisalabad and Sahiwal . According to
342-649: Was also a part of Sangrur district, but now it is a separate district. In 2021, a new district Malerkotla district , consisting of Malerkotla and Ahmedgarh subdivisions and the Amargarh sub-tehsil, was formed out of Sangrur district. The administrative district of Sangrur was created in 1948. Earlier the area fell in the Nabha Princely State . Settlements in Sangrur trace back to the pre-Harappan period. Recent excavations in Rohira in Sangrur have revealed
361-647: Was defeated by a Sultan of Delhi but latter received a jagir. His son Sundal had seven sons, of whom the eldest founded Badhar in Nabha . Malwa Ithass states that Raja Vineypal Variah, who was a descendant of Vikramaditya, built the fort of Bhim Garh, that evolved into the town of Bathinda on the banks of the Sutlej in 655 CE and established his rule. This rule contained property from Bhatner, Lahore, Sarhind, Mandlik, Licchabadi, Thanesar, Bhadhaur, Dango, Peshawar, and most of Punjab . This kingdom had two capitals, one at Batthinda and one at Lahore. It also states that Variah
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