Chaprana[1][2][3] is a (gotra) clan specifically found among the Gurjar ethnic people of India and Pakistan in the region of south Asia.[4]

Chaprana
ReligionsHinduism, Islam
LanguagesGujari, Kashmiri, Punjabi, Haryanvi, Urdu, and Hindi
CountryIndia, Pakistan
Region(Pakistan) Punjab, Pakistan, (India) Gujarat, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, India
EthnicityGurjar (Gujjar)

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Chaprana Gujjars are located in Punjab, Pakistan but they're mainly located in Gujarat, Rajasthan, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Delhi[4] and Punjab (Nabha),[2][4] India.

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  1. Proceedings - Punjab History Conference. Department of Punjab Historical Studies, Punjabi University. 2006. ISBN 978-81-302-0094-1. The important classes of Gujars in Patiala State were Bharwal, Lodi, Bargat, Duchak, Katoria, Latala, Jandar and Rawat. While in Nabha state, their important classes were Chokar, Bhargar, Chaprana, Doi, Kasana, Kharana and Sardhana.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Bahadur, Krishna Prakash (1977). Caste, Tribes & Culture of India. Ess Ess Publications. p. 21. In Nabha the Bhargar, Chaprana, Doi', Kasana, Kharana and Sardhana Gujars, unlike other Hindu Gujars they only avoid three gots in marriage, permitting it in the mother's father's got (clan).
  3. Vidya Prakash Tyagi (2009). Martial Races Of Undivided India. Kalpaz Publish. p. 239.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Kumar, Raj (2008). Encyclopaedia of Untouchables Ancient, Medieval and Modern. Kalpas Publisher. p. 447. ISBN 978-81-7835-664-8. Gujar sections: Chaprana, Delhi, Nabha
  1. India. Office of the Registrar General (1962) Census of India, 1961:Volume 20 Manager of Publications. p. 377