Jandwa is a village in Ratangarh tehsil in Churu

Churu

Churu is a town in the desert region of Rajasthan state of India. It is the administrative headquarters of Churu District. It lies in the Thar Desert on the National Highway-65 connecting Pali to Ambala and is a junction station on the railway line to Bikaner...

 district 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...

. It is situated at a distance of 25 km from Churu in the west direction. The village was founded about 450 years ago by Jandu

Jandu

Jandu is a Sikh surname of Jat, Ramgarhia, and Khatri origin that originated in the Punjab, Rajasthan and Haryana regions of Northern India and Pakistan....

 (Janu (clan)

Janu (clan)

Janu or Janoo is a gotra of Jats found in Jhunjhunu, Bikaner, Jaipur, Churu and Sikar districts in Rajasthan, India. Apart from their primary occupation as farmers, many of them actively serve in the Indian armed forces. The clan also has relatively high proportions of literacy...

) Jats, who moved elsewhere and Khichar

Khichar

Khichar or Khichad is gotra of Jats found in Jhunjhunu, Churu, Nagaur, Ganganagar, Hanumangarh and Sikar districts in Rajasthan state in India. Veerbhan Khichar was the founder of Sikar city in Rajasthan. They are also found in Sirsa and Fatehabad districts in Haryana. Khichars are believed to be...

 Jats

Jat people

The Jat people are a community of traditionally non-elite tillers and herders in Northern India and Pakistan. Originally pastoralists in the lower Indus river-valley of Sindh, Jats migrated north into the Punjab region in late medieval times, and subsequently into the Delhi Territory,...

 settled here. Khichar Jats came to this place from Sidhmukh

Sidhmukh

Sidhmukh is a town of historical importance located in Churu district of Rajasthan, India. It was the capital of Kaswan Jat rulers of Jangladesh....

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Jat Gotras in the village

The population of the village Jandwa is about 500 families out of them Khichar

Khichar

Khichar or Khichad is gotra of Jats found in Jhunjhunu, Churu, Nagaur, Ganganagar, Hanumangarh and Sikar districts in Rajasthan state in India. Veerbhan Khichar was the founder of Sikar city in Rajasthan. They are also found in Sirsa and Fatehabad districts in Haryana. Khichars are believed to be...

 is the only Jat gotra with population of 250 families. There is only one other Jat family of Ruhil.
There is another well known person of this village "shri chiranji lal biyala" who is retired head master of this town. whole village call them "Guruji" . "Biyala" is the brahmin family who lived there.Brahmin family also come from "sidhmukh".

Reference

• Interview dated 19-02-2007 with Narayan Ram ji (Bus wala) Khichar, Resident Jandwa, Tehsil Ratangarh, District Churu, Rajasthan (India).