Sandhanwalia Jat Clan Location Amritsar , Pathankot Branches Bhatti Tribe Language Punjabi Religion Sikhism Surnames Sandhanwalia Sandhawalia or Sandhanwalia is a Jat clan ( got ) of present-day India and Pakistan Sandhawalia is a very small Jat Tribe (or gotra ) originally from Rajasthan and now living in Punjab. In the 1881 Census it was listed as one of the smallest of the Jat tribes. [1] [2] Sandhawalia is a small Jat gotra consisting of landowners and landed-farmers. Maharaja Ranjit Singh , the Jat Sikh ruler of Punjab, and his family asserted lineage from this Jat tribe [3] [4] [5] that originated from their ancestor Raja Shah (Salvahan)(Descendants of Bhatti Jat from Punjab) [6] [7] [8] The Sandhawalia Jatt tribe was inconspicuous before Ranjit Singh's assertion. [9] Contents [ hide ] 1 Distribution 2 Notable persons 3 Further Reading 4 References 5 External links Distribution The Sandhawalia tribe population was 682,