Bhadu or Bhadoo is clan

Clan

A clan is a group of people united by actual or perceived kinship and descent. Even if lineage details are unknown, clan members may be organized around a founding member or apical ancestor. The kinship-based bonds may be symbolical, whereby the clan shares a "stipulated" common ancestor that is a...

 or gotra of Jats found in Rajasthan

Rajasthan

Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...

, Western Punjab

Punjab region

The Punjab , also spelled Panjab |water]]s"), is a geographical region straddling the border between Pakistan and India which includes Punjab province in Pakistan and the states of the Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Chandigarh and some northern parts of the National Capital Territory of Delhi...

, and Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh , often called the Heart of India, is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal and Indore is the largest city....

. Bhadoos have a dominat share in agricultural land of Western Punjab (Ferozepore Dist.)and in Hanumanarh district of Rajasthan. Each one of them has a massive holdinds of Agricultural land

Bhadu has been mentioned as Bhadraka (भद्रक) in Sabha Parva, Mahabharata/Book II Chapter 13, who fled towards the west from the fear of Jarasandha along with the eighteen tribes of the Bhojas; the Surasenas, the Vodhas, the Salwas, the Patachcharas, the Susthalas, the Mukuttas, and the Kulindas, and the Kuntis.
शूरसेना भद्र कारा बॊधाः शाल्वाः पतच चराः
सुस्दराश च सुकुट्टाश च कुणिन्थाः कुन्तिभिः सह [2]

Bhisma Parva, Mahabharata/Book VI Chapter 47 has mentioned them as Panibhadraka (पणिभद्रक), who assembled there for battle to protect Bhishma with their (respective) troops.

चित्रसेनेन सहिताः सहिताः पाणिभद्रकैः
भीष्मम एवाभिरक्षन्तु सह सैन्यपुरस्कृताः Mahabharata (VI.47.9)

Bhisma Parva, Mahabharata/Book VI Chapter 52 has mentioned them as Prabhadraka (परभद्रक) who sided with Kauravasalong with Panchala tribe (VI.52.14).

धृष्टथ्युम्नः शिखण्डी च पाञ्चालाश च परभद्रकाः
मध्ये सैन्यस्य महतः सदिता युथ्धाय भारत (VI.52.14)

Bhadus were rulers in Jangladesh

Jangladesh

Jangladesh also known as Jangal Pradesh was a historical region in north, north-western and north-eastern Rajasthan state in northern India. It included the present-day districts of Bikaner, Churu, Ganganagar, and Hanumangarh....

 where they established an important city Bhadra

Bhadra

In Hinduism, Bhadra is a goddess of the hunt and one of Shiva's servants....

. A famous ruler in Bhadus was Samantraj. Bhadus had a war with Bhagore people. After this war one of their group moved to Marwar

Marwar

Marwar is a region of southwestern Rajasthan state in western India. It lies partly in the Thar Desert. In Rajasthani dialect "wad" means a particular area. The word Marwar is derived from Sanskrit word 'Maruwat'. English translation of the word is 'The region of desert'., The Imperial Gazetteer...

. Bhadus also occupied many villages in Ajmer

Ajmer

Ajmer , formerly written as Ajmere, is a city in Ajmer District in Rajasthan state in India. Ajmer has a population of around 800,000 , and is located west of the Rajasthan state capital Jaipur, 200 km from Jodhpur, 274 km from Udaipur, 439 km from Jaisalmer, and 391 km from...

-mewar

Mewar

Mewar is a region of south-central Rajasthan state in western India. It includes the present-day districts of Pratapgarh, Bhilwara, Chittorgarh, Rajsamand, Udaipur, Dungarpur, Banswara and some of the part of Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh. The region was for centuries a Rajput kingdom that later...

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Many villages have been named after bhadu's only,for example
VILLAGE IN GANGANAGAR DISTRICT
bhaduwala.
VILLAGES IN BARMER DISTRICT
bhaduon ki dhani,bhaduon ki beri,bhaduon ka tala,pokar bhadu ki dhani.
VILLAGE IN JALOR DISTRICT
bhadoo ki dhani.

NOTABLE PERSONS FROM THIS GOTRA

Manphool singh bhadu-congress MP from Bikaner.and ,
Umaram bhadu-head of the village bhaduwala in ganganagar district,he had constructed many jat dharamshalas near haridwar and bikaner,he had remained d sarpanch of the village throughout his life and after his death passsed on this legacy to his son sahabram bhadu,both of them were chosen by the people without any formal elections.

DISTRIBUTION IN HARYANA/ PUNJAB

jandwala (rakesh bhadhu )
Kharian (Er. Raman Bhadu)
Amar Singh Bhadu, who initiated TFT seesham plantation project in Village Waryam Khera Punjab.