Kharol

The Kharol community is historically associated with the occupation of salt making. In the local language, Rajasthani, the word khar means cotton, and a kandera means someone who works with cotton. They are from Rajput ancestry. They are said to have migrated from Delhi to Ajmer. The community speak the Mewari dialect.^[2]

The community are divided into two endogamous divisions, namely the Rajput and Todwala. These two divisions are sub-divided gotras, and they maintain gotra exogamy.The Kharol are no longer involved in their traditional occupation of manufacturing salt, and are mainly involved in agriculture, being landless labourers.^[3]