Gujar communities

E187713

Gujar communities are an ethnic group traditionally engaged in pastoralism and agriculture, found across regions of South Asia including the Potohar Plateau.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Gujar communities canonical 1
Gujars 1
Gujjar communities 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf agricultural community
ethnic group
pastoral community
alternativeName Gujjar communities
linked to: Gujar communities
alternativeSpelling Gurjar communities
linked to: Gujar communities
associatedRegion Azad Kashmir
Himalayan foothills
Jammu and Kashmir
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Punjab region
linked to: Punjab
casteStatus Other Backward Classes in some Indian states
culturalPractice tribal councils (jirga or panchayat)
culturalRegion Potohar Plateau
economicActivity buffalo herding
cattle herding
dairy production
goat herding
sheep herding
small-scale farming
ethnicallyRelatedTo Gujjar people
linked to: Gujjars
historicalLifestyle semi-nomadic
transhumant pastoralism
languageFamily Indo-Aryan languages
languageSpoken Gojri
Punjabi
Urdu
linked to: Urdu language
linkedEthnonym Gujjar
linked to: Gujjars

Gurjar
linked to: Gujjars
livestockType buffalo
cattle
goats
sheep
presentInCountry Afghanistan
India
Pakistan
region Potohar Plateau
South Asia
religion Hinduism
Islam
Sikhism
socialCategory pastoral nomads of South Asia
socialStructure clan-based
traditionalOccupation agriculture
pastoralism

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Potohar Plateau ethnicGroups Gujar communities
Chitral District hasEthnicGroup Gujars
linked to: Gujar communities
Gujar communities alternativeName Gujjar communities
linked to: Gujar communities
Gujar communities alternativeSpelling Gurjar communities
linked to: Gujar communities