Matyal

The Mathyal or Matyal are a Jat tribe, found mainly in Jhelum District of the Punjab Province of Pakistan, as well as the adjoining Mirpur and Bhimber Districts of Azad Kashmir. They are also found in the capital of Pakistan. According to the census of India 1911, they numbered 1,147 in Jhelum District.skardu gilgit Jammu hamachal uteranchal Delhi and West Bengal

Most Mathyals are Muslims in west Punjab and in east Punjab they are followers of Sikh faith.and Hinduism in other part of India.

The Mathyal of jhelum are descended from Baba Matha Khan, a Rajput who lived around the sixteenth century.

Villages

Matial, Ranja Mattial and Maira Matial (Ranjha Maira) in the Jhelum District are important centres of the tribe in that district.

In District Islamabad, the center of Matyals is Village Gagri beside sowan river on norhtern side.

Most of them belong to village Gagri

The village of Mattial in Gujar Khan Tehsil of Rawalpindi District is an important centre of the tribe in that district. In India they are living in Jammu hoshiarpur hamachal uteranchal capital Delhi and dhan matyal in Nepal. Hamirpur in West Bengal bilaspur kangra in north India. There are a number of matyal families living in village Bhondna, Pandori and Chak Balian in the postal area of Ranjha Maira. The matyal were first inhabited in village Malot. There is a dhoke which is called Dhoke Matyal. From village Malot, these Matyal spread to other parts of District Jhelum. Most of the Jat Matyal add suffix Chaudhry to their names, but some matyal in pothohar area ( Sohawa and Gujar Khan) prefer to add Raja to their names.

See also

• List of Jat clans
• List of Jat Clans of West Punjab
• Ethnic Groups of Azad Kashmir

References

Census of population 2002 Pakistan and India .villages name in northern India and Pakistan .