Ratkudia
Ratkudia or Ratkuria (रतकुडिया) is a village in tehsil Bhopalgarh of Jodhpur district in Rajasthan.
Location
It is situated at a distance of 60 km from Jodhpur in the east direction on Pipar-Bhopalgarh road. It is located 3 km from Umed railway station.
History
This is an old historical village. The village was founded by Rattaji Jat of Kudia gotra. Hence the name Ratkudia. It was earlier settled 1 km away from present village. Remnants of ancient Ratkudia are still there. This is a well-connected village. There are temples of Thakurji and Ramdeoji. Sir Chhotu Ram had visited this village in year 1920 to spread the education among Jats.
Jat Gotras in the village
There are 1510 families residing in the village out of them 1100 families are of Jats. The Jat gotras in the village are Saran, Benda, Dudi, Khoja, Dhaka, Senwar, Jakhar, Kaswan, Dhedu and Mad.
Notable persons from this village
- Govardhan Singh Chaudhary (गोवर्धनसिंह चौधरी) (Benda) is First Jat IAS in Rajasthan. He was born in the family of Late Chaudhary Gullaram. He was his second son. This family was initially in village Ratkudia, tehsil Bhopalgarh, district Jodhpur in Rajasthan. This village was of Benda gotra Jats. Later this family moved to Jodhpur. [1]
Reference
- Jat Samaj, January, 1998
External links
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- ↑ Dr Mahendra Singh Arya, Dharmpal Singh Dudee, Kishan Singh Faujdar & Vijendra Singh Narwar: Ādhunik Jat Itihasa (The modern history of Jats), Agra 1998 Section 10 p. 7