Barkoli

Barkoli (बरकौली) is a small village in tehsil Rupbas of Bharatpur district in Rajasthan.

Location

10 kms to Bharatpur Divisional headquarters,2km to Ucchain town on Bharatpur-Sawai Madhopur state highway.

Origin

Village Kithana, tehsil Chidawa distt. Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan.

Jat Gotras

• Dhankar

History

When did Dhankars come to Bharatpur?

Dhankar Gotra Uncle and nephew were Jodh Singh and Rupal Singh. When Maharaja Jawahar Singh was returning from Pushkar, Jaipur Maharaj Madho Singh attacked Jawahar Singh. Both Dhankar uncle nephew helped Maharaja Bharatpur to get out of the hilly place of Jaipur so Maharaj Bharatpur brought them with him.

When the Mughals surrounded Maharaja Ranjit Singh in the fort of Deeg, then both these uncle and nephew once again brought Maharaja Bharatpur safely from the fort of Deeg to Bharatpur fort. The Maharaja of Bharatpur awarded Jodh Singh by appointing him the vassal of Uchchain.

Genealogy of Jodh Singh

Jodhsingh - 5 sons : 1.SUKH SINGH 2.SHOBHARAM 3. KISHAN SINGH 4.KESHARAM 5.UDAY SINGH

• SUKH SINGH (5 sons): 1. Girwar Singh 2. Genda Singh 3. Kesariya singh 4. Madho Singh 5. Barudev Singh

• GIRWAR SINGH (JAGIRDAR AND NAVRATNA BHARATPUR DARBAR) 2 sons : 1. Bansidar Singh and 2. "Ranchod Singh" (he abolished Jagirdari and was made Tehsildar)

Bansidhar singh

1 son and 1 daughter 

Shriram Singh Dhankar (in-charge, Mahal Khas)

• Mohan Kaur w/o Raja Raghunath Singh

• Shriram Singh had 2 son - 1. Uday Singh 2.Shivsingh

• RANCHOD SINGH( jagirdar of barkoli ucchain later tehsildar of Akhaigarh )

2 sons - 1."GIRRIRAJ SINGH" (in-charge Raghunath Niwas), 2. Subedar Gordhan Singh (state Pehalwan)& subedar in patiyala punjab army.

• "GIRRIRAJ SINGH" had 4 sons - 1. LAXMAN SINGH 2.KISHAN SINGH (Bharatpur's DHYANCHAND) 3. SHIVRATAN SINGH (Executive Engineer) 4. JAI SINGH

• Genda Singh ( incharge mehkma engineer Bharatpur) had 1 son - Colonel Ramchandra (adopted, 3rd son of Girbar singh )
• And Ramchandr's

  Tejsingh (tehsildar pahari)(first sarpanch of Barkoli village )

Population

According to Census-2011 information:

With total 173 families residing, Barkoli village has the population of 953 (of which 501 are males while 452 are females).

Notable Persons

• Tej Singh Dinkar (चौधरी तेज सिंह), from Barkoli (बरकौली), Rupbas, Bharatpur was a Social worker in Rajasthan.
• Devi Singh Dinkar (चौधरी देवी सिंह), from Barkoli (बरकौली), Rupbas, Bharatpur was a Social worker in Rajasthan.

External Links

• Information about Barkoli village - villageinfo.in website

See also

• Uchchain

References

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