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The Detha clan of Chelana was richer than most other farmers of that village to a large extent because their farm was based on cattle breeding and bull calf castration.
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The Sind Charan have 120 exogamous divisions of which the following are the most common : 1) Abda, 2) Aliga, 3) Ambe, 4) Anuva, 5) Bansur, 6) Barsaram, 7) Barshada, 8) Bati, 9) Beka, 10) Bhansur, 11) Chiba, 12) Dechia, 13) Dekal, 14) Detha
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Starting in 1948, an innovating group of farmers centering on the Detha family had begun using a large diesel- operated tubewell going down 100–150 feet.
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There were 102 Khanps of Charans out of which fifty three were found in Marwar. Those are Ada , Asiya , Ujjal , Kaviya ,Ratnu, Sandu , Sanwal , Bithu , Lalas , Surtaniya , Detha , Meharia etc.
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विभाजन के बाद भी सरहद के इधर-उधर शादियाँ करने का सिलसिला थमा नहीं। लेकिन लड़की के लिए वापस पीहर जाना सपना बनकर रह जाता है। मुसलमानों के अलावा राजपूत, चारण, ... समुदाय की रिश्तेदारियाँ सीमा के दोनों ओर हैं। द सिन्धु वेली रिसर्च इंस्टीट्यूट के उपनिदेशक तेजदान चारण के अनुसार गोत्र की परेशानी के कारण सोढ़ा-देथा जैसे समुदायों को लड़कियों की शादी भारत में करनी पड़ती है।
- ↑ Maru-Bhāratī (in Hindi). Biṛlā Ejyūkeśana Ṭrasṭa. 2002. p. 123.