Rihlu Khas
| Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R) |
Rihlu Khas (रहलू खास) is a town in tahsil Shahpur of district Kangra in the state of Himachal Pradesh.
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Location
Rihlu Khas is a small Village/hamlet in Rait Tehsil in Kangra District of Himachal Pradesh State, India. It comes under Rihlu Khas Panchayath. It is located 12 KM towards west from District head quarters Dharamsala. 4 KM from Rait. 180 KM from State capital Shimla. Rihlu Khas Pin code is 176206 and postal head office is Shahpur (Kangra) . Dargela ( 2 KM ) , Basnoor ( 4 KM ) , Shahpur ( 4 KM ) , Dodhamb ( 4 KM ) , Rait ( 5 KM ) are the nearby Villages to Rihlu Khas. Rihlu Khas is surrounded by Dharamshala Tehsil towards East , Nagrota Surian Tehsil towards west , Kangra Tehsil towards South , Nagrota Bagwan Tehsil towards South .[1]
Jat clans
History
H.A. Rose[2] writes....Ghirth (घिर्थ). — The Ghirths fill much the same position in Kangra proper and the hills below it as do the Kanets in the parts to tho east. They correspond also to the Bahti in the eastern and the Chang in the western portion of the lower ranges. All three intermarry freely, and were considered by Sir James Lyall as identical. The Ghirths of Kangra and Hoshiarpur were thus described by Barnes : —
" My previous remarks (sec Rathi) will have introduced the reader to the Ghirths. They form a considerable item in the copulation of these hills, and in actual numbers exceed any other individual caste. With the Ghirths I have associated the few Jats that reside in this district, and the Changs, which is only another name for Ghirths, prevalent about Haripur and Nurpur. They amount altogether to 111,507 souls. The Ghirths are sub-divided into numerous sects. There is a common saying that there are 360 varieties of rice, and that the sub-divisions of the Ghirths are equally extensive, the analogy arising from the Ghirths being the usual cultivators of rice. The Ghirths predominate in the valleys of Palampur, Kangra, and Rihlu. They are found again in the Hal Dun, or Haripur valley.