# Chhat

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Village of high status in the Punjab

In some areas of eastern [Punjab](/source/Punjab), primarily in the sub-montane districts, the [Rajputs](/source/Rajputs) inhabited [villages](/source/Village), known as Chhat, that were of the highest caliber.[1] The word "Chhat" is explained as an abbreviation of "chhatar makan", equivalent to the English word [crown](/source/Crown). A chhat is a village which enjoys a pre-eminence over, or is held in special veneration by, the other villages of the [biradari](/source/Baradari_(brotherhood)). It is generally called simply chhat. Whereas, a makan is a village of lower status than a chhat. A person must execute a meritorious deed for a village to be granted the title of makan.

Hence, Makan is also a famous place, not an ordinary village.[2]

When a daughter gets married, the member of a chhat always gives twice as much to the [mirasis](/source/Mirasi) as the member of a makan.[2]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Gait, Edward (1902). [*Census of India, 1901: Punjab and North West Frontier Province (2 v.)*](https://www.google.com.pk/books/edition/Census_of_India_1901_Punjab_and_North_We/1qYJAAAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=chhat&pg=PA322). Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, India. p. 323.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Gazetteers_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Gazetteers_2-1) [*Punjab District Gazetteers Hoshiarpur District*](https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.531229/page/n61/mode/2up). Punjab Government Press. 1905. p. 46.

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