Thenua Thenuva (ठेनुवा) Thenewal (ठेनेवाल) Thinwal (ठीनवाल) is a gotra of 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,...

 found in Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh abbreviation U.P. , is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 200 million people, it is India's most populous state, as well as the world's most populous sub-national entity...

 and 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...

. This gotra originated from Tanwars. They are said to have 'decided to oppose' (ठानना) the Mughal Badshah hence called Thenua.

History

Thenua's (Jats) were the rulers of Mursan

Mursan

Mursan is a town and a Nagar Panchayat in Mahamaya Nagar district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.Mursan was a state located in the Hathras district. The most well-known ruler of this estate was the Jat nobleman, Raja Mahendra Pratap , who was popularly known as Aryan Peshwa...

 , Hathras

Hathras

Hathras is a city and a municipal board in Mahamaya Nagar district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is the headquarters of the district that was created on 3 May 1997 by incorporating parts of Aligarh, Mathura and Agra districts. It forms a part of Aligarh Division...

 District , Beswan

Beswan

Beswan is a town and a nagar panchayat in Aligarh district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India.-Geography:Beswan is located at . It has an average elevation of 176 metres .-Demographics:...

 , Vrindavan

Vrindavan

Vrindavan also known as Vraj is a town in the Mathura district of Uttar Pradesh, India...

  and Baldevgarh , Mohkampur, all in Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh abbreviation U.P. , is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 200 million people, it is India's most populous state, as well as the world's most populous sub-national entity...

.

Distribution

They are found in Aligarh, Mathura & Hathras

Hathras

Hathras is a city and a municipal board in Mahamaya Nagar district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is the headquarters of the district that was created on 3 May 1997 by incorporating parts of Aligarh, Mathura and Agra districts. It forms a part of Aligarh Division...

 district in Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh abbreviation U.P. , is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 200 million people, it is India's most populous state, as well as the world's most populous sub-national entity...

 and Jaipur

Jaipur

Jaipur , also popularly known as the Pink City, is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Rajasthan. Founded on 18 November 1727 by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II, the ruler of Amber, the city today has a population of more than 3.1 million....

 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...

. The Thenua Khap

Khap

The Khap and Sarv Khap was a system of social administration and organization in the republics of Northwestern Indian states such as Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh since ancient times. Khap is a term for a social - political grouping and used in a geographical sense...

 has 360 villages Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh abbreviation U.P. , is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 200 million people, it is India's most populous state, as well as the world's most populous sub-national entity...

 and 32 village in jaipur district .

Villages in Hathras district

Khaunda,
Senpur,
Surtiya,
Khutipuri,
Nangla Ani,
Mursan

Mursan

Mursan is a town and a Nagar Panchayat in Mahamaya Nagar district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.Mursan was a state located in the Hathras district. The most well-known ruler of this estate was the Jat nobleman, Raja Mahendra Pratap , who was popularly known as Aryan Peshwa...

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Tajpur

Tajpur

Tajpur is a town in Samastipur district of Bihar, IndiaTajpur is located in Purba Medinipur, West Bengal, India on the shore of Bay of Bengal .-Location:National Highway 28 passes through Tajpur. Nearest airport is Patna Airport....

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Udaybhan,
Nagala gopi mursan

Villages in Aligarh district

Byonhara,
Karil Hathras,
Kalwari,
darkane nagariya, Mohkampur, Manoharpur Near Iglash, Bona

Bona

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, Heera nagla, Ghariya

Villages in Ratlam district

Villages in Ratlam

Ratlam

Ratlam , known historically as Ratnapuri, is a city in the Malwa region in Madhya Pradesh state of central India. The town of Ratlam lies 480 m above sea level. It is the administrative headquarters of Ratlam District....

 district with population of this gotra are:
Thenua: Ratlam

Ratlam

Ratlam , known historically as Ratnapuri, is a city in the Malwa region in Madhya Pradesh state of central India. The town of Ratlam lies 480 m above sea level. It is the administrative headquarters of Ratlam District....

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Thenwa: Ratlam

Ratlam

Ratlam , known historically as Ratnapuri, is a city in the Malwa region in Madhya Pradesh state of central India. The town of Ratlam lies 480 m above sea level. It is the administrative headquarters of Ratlam District....

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Notable persons from this gotra

• Raja Mahendra Pratap
  Raja Mahendra Pratap
  Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh was a freedom fighter, journalist, writer and revolutionary social reformist of India. He was popularly known as the Aryan Peshwa. He was born in Thenua gotra Jat Hindu princely family of state of Mursan in Hathras District of Uttar Pradesh on 1 December 1886. He was...
  
  - The most renowned person of Thenua gotra.

Brij Bhan Singh [DEO] Bharatpur,
Kshitij Singh [IT Expert],