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'''Charr''', (or '''Charrh''', '''Char'''<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Magray |first=Mohammed Bashir |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EyFuAAAAMAAJ |title=Tribal Geography of India Jammu and Kashmir |date=2003 |publisher=Oberoi Book Service |pages=58 |language=en |quote=In Jammu and Kashmir important castes and Gotars of Gujjars in the district are Kassana, '''Charr''', Khari, Bajarr, Bajran, Ladi, Checki, Doi, Tass, Bhatti, Tienda, Kataria, Poswal, Chauhan, Gorsi, Lassana, Khatana, etc.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Rahi |first=Javaid |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TQ52EAAAQBAJ&dq=charr+gujjar&pg=PA316 |title=The Gujjars Vol:05 Edited by Dr. Javaid Rahi -Book Series on Gujjar History and Culture |publisher=Jammu and Kashmir Acacademy of Art, Culture, Languages, Jammu |pages=316 |language=en |quote=The Gujjars are an ancient element in Poonch district where they still account for about 45% of the population of the district and 18% of the total Gujjar population of the State. The important castes and Gotars in the district are Kassana, Khari, ''Charr'', Bajarr, Bajran, Ladi, Checki, Doi, Tass, Bhatti, Tienda, Kataria, Poswal, Chauhan, Gorsi, Lassana, Khatana, etc.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Shashi |first=Shyam Singh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Otppyf6MbxgC&q=Gujjar+clan+char&pg=PA110 |title=The World of Nomads |date=2006 |publisher=Lotus Press |isbn=978-81-8382-051-6 |pages=110 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Singh |first=K. S. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iKsqzB4P1ioC&q=Gujjar+clan+char&pg=PA406 |title=Rajasthan (2 pts.) |date=1998 |publisher=Popular Prakashan |isbn=978-81-7154-766-1 |pages=406 |language=en}}</ref>) is a sub-clan of [[Gurjar]] ethnic group of India, [[Pakistan]] and [[Afghanistan]].<br />
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In eastern [[Gujarat]] and [[Rajasthan]], Charr are also one of the sub-clans of the [[Laur (clan)|Laur]] subgroup of the [[Hindus|Hindu]] Gurjars.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mathur |first=U. B. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W7YtAAAAMAAJ&q=Laur+Branch |title=Folkways in Rajasthan |date=1986 |publisher=Folklorists |isbn=978-81-85129-00-6 |pages=31 |language=en |quote=The Laur branch of the Gujars in the Jaipur region has more than twenty minor groups namely Bagarwal, Badana, Betan, ''Char'' (''Charr''), Chechi, Chesat, Dhakar, Deorata, Doi, Kasana, Koli, Khatana, Kanaks, Mokar, Mootan, Mawai, Nekari, Chandela, Tanwar.}}</ref><br />
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==Geographical distribution==<br />
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They are inhabitants of [[Punjab]], [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]], [[Azad Kashmir]], [[Gilgit-Baltistan]], [[Balochistan, Pakistan|Balochistan]] and [[Islamabad]] areas of Pakistan. They are also located in [[Rajasthan]], [[Gujarat]],<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Kumar |first=Raj |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e8o5HyC0-FUC&q=Char&pg=PA446 |title=Encyclopaedia of Untouchables Ancient, Medieval and Modern |date=2008 |publisher=Kalpaz Publisher |isbn=978-81-7835-664-8 |pages=447 |language=en |quote=Gujar sections: '''''Char''''', Nabha Char, Gujarat, Kaithal, Ludhiana, Hoshiarpur, Gurdaspur (Punjab).}}</ref> [[Haryana]], [[Himachal Pradesh]], [[Uttarakhand]], [[Punjab, India]],<ref name=":1" /> [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[Delhi|Dehli]] and [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]<ref name=":0" /> regions of north [[India]].<br />
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[[Category:Gurjar clans of Pakistan]]<br />
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[[Category:Social groups of Punjab, India]]<br />
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