History
A Jat clan found in Amritsar, Crowther gives the following list of the Bat sects: Bat, Dhol, Jhandol, Pophart, Khairo, Jhandher, Desi, Tatla, Anjla, Ghuman, Khak, Dhawal, Janua, Randher, Madri, Sadri, Hoti, Seti and Kirbat, which may all intermarry, so that a Bat sometimes may marry a Bat.
All of these sects are said to be descendants of San-or or Sainpal, who came from Malwa 800 years ago. They first settled at Odhyara in Lahore.
A Jat clan found in Multan. Also a sect of Kashmiri Pandits, converted to Islam and found in the northwest sub mountain Districts of the Punjab.
The Bath are also found as a Hindu and Muhammadan Jat clan in Montgomery.
Distribution in Punjab
Villages in Jalandhar district
Bath is village in Nakodartahsil 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 Bhatindatahsil in Bhatinda district in Punjab, India.
Villages in Jalandhar district
Bath is village in Phillaurtahsil 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.
Source :-
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- A Glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province, H. A. Rose, 1911, pg-69.
- Jats the Ancient Rulers (A clan study), Bhim Singh Dahiya, p.335