Who are the Belkhariya Rajputs?
The Oudh gazetteer records the Belkhariya, also spelled Bilkhariya or Bilkharia, as a Dikhit Rajput branch. It connects the clan with Kot Bilkhar and Patti in the Sai River region.
Read the records and evidenceAWADH / PRATAPGARH / AMETHI
Belkhariya
Rajput
बेलखरिया / बिलखरिया राजपूत
The Oudh gazetteer records the Belkhariya Rajputs as a Dikhit branch. Their history is tied to Kot Bilkhar, Patti and Umri in the Sai River region.
THE COLLECTION
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Follow the people, places and records that tell the clan’s story.
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Clan history
The Dikhit connection, Kot Bilkhar and the stories behind the clan’s name.
02
Historical vanshavali
Follow the Dikhit ancestry and the generations recorded for the Umri estate.
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Places & migration
Trace the accounts that lead to the Sai River, Patti and the Pratapgarh–Amethi border.
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Rajput lineages
Understand vansh, kul, shakha and gotra in the wider history of Rajput clans.
ON THE SAI RIVER
Baba Belkharnath Dham
The Shiva shrine at Ahiyapur, the recorded site of Kot Bilkhar, and the traditions that surround them.
Questions about the Belkhariya Rajputs
What is the earliest record of Kot Bilkhar?
The earliest reference located by the archive is in the late sixteenth-century Ain-i-Akbari. It records a brick fort at Jalalpur Balkhar. The construction date and surveyed boundary remain unverified.
Read the records and evidenceWhere is the Umri vanshavali documented?
The 1929 United Provinces Manual of Titles provides the longest named Umri pedigree located in this research. A 1974 court judgment corroborates parts of the later line. Some early generations and links to present-day families remain unverified.
Read the records and evidenceWhere is Baba Belkharnath Dham?
Baba Belkharnath Dham is a Shiva shrine on the Sai River at Ahiyapur, also recorded as Yahiyapur, in Pratapgarh district, Uttar Pradesh. Historical sources describe it near the ruins of Kot Bilkhar.
Read the records and evidenceDoes the Dikhit Darpan Vansh launch report name all 36 villages?
The 2022 launch report records participation from 36 gram sabhas. The archive has yet to locate a copy of the book or a verified list naming all the gram sabhas represented.
Read the records and evidenceWhat does the 1916 record verify about the Chauhan genealogy?
The book register verifies the title, author and first-edition date of the Chauhan genealogy. The original page cited for the shrine remains unverified. The 1878 and 1904 gazetteers independently document the shrine.
Read the records and evidenceREAD THE RECORDS
Records, traditions and open questions
Compare the Oudh gazetteer, family compilations and local reporting. Source notes explain what each record can tell us and where the evidence runs out.
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