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Jujhautiya Brahmin


The Jujhautiya Brahmin (also spelled Jijhotia, Jajautia or Jujautia) are an endogamous Brahmin community found the Chambal and Yamuna river valleys in the north, and the Narbada valley in the south. Chhatarpur District in Madhya Pradesh is the centre and cultural focus of this community. They are a sub-group of the Kanyakubja Brahmins.

According to the community's traditions, they acquired the name Jujhautiya, when a group of Kanyakubja Brahmins performed a yajna for Jhujhar Singh, the Bundela Rajah. In Uttar Pradesh, they are found mainly in the districts Hamirpur, Jhansi and Banda.


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