Bat/ Bath or Batth, a Jat clan found in Amritsar. And mostly this Gotra is founded in Sikh Jats ( also Spelled Jatt) , Crowther gives the following list of the Batth septs : Bat, Dhol, Jhandol, Pophart, Khairo, Jhandhor, Desi, Tatla, Anjla, Ghuman, Ghumdn, Khak, Dhawal, Janna, Randher, Madri, Sadri, Hoti, Seti, and Kirbat, which may all intermarry, ,All these septs are said to be descendants of Raja San-or Sainpal , who came from the Malwa 800 years ago. They first settled at Odhyara in Lahore. Khaira Jats descendants have two jatheras, Rajpal and his grandson Shahzada , who fell in a fight with the Kang Jats at Khadur Sahib in Amritsar. The bath are also found as a Hindu and Muhammadan Jat clan in Montgomery, also Raja Sainpal descendants founded Manihala Estate in 18th Century.
Distribution in Punjab :–
Villages in Jalandhar district :-
Bath is village in Nakodar tahsil in Jalandhar district in Punjab, India.
Villages in Firozpur district :-
In Firozpur district the Bath population is 1,800.
Villages in Bhatinda district :-
Bath is village in Bhatinda tahsil in Bhatinda district in Punjab, India.
Villages in Jalandhar district :-
Bath is village in Phillaur tahsil in Jalandhar district in Punjab, India.
Villages in Ludhiana district :-
Kulewal, Rajewal
Distribution in Pakistan :-
According to 1911 census, the Bath was one of the principal Muslim Jat clans in Lahore District with population of Bath (340).
References :-
- A Glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province
Book by Horace Arthur Rose