The Katil are a Suryavanshi Rajput clan, found in the Punjab region of India and Pakistan.^[1]

== History and origin ==the katil clan is descent Raja Tarau, Karan, Sompal,Brishpat,Avaggyadhata, Dayadhata , Mahanhata,Beaspal,Ratanpal, Attir, Raja Sahasranu,Raja Santal,Raja Karet,Raja kood, Raja Chit,Raja Gora, Raja Bharath, Raja Bal , Raja Shaikha and his son raja Jasrath. posessed kharipur when they , driven from the plains of Punjab by Mahmud of Ghazna, settled in Mangla Devi, a fort in Jammu. One descendents of Raja karet, took to robbery in the forest near the town of Samba, and thence seized a Sambial girl, so her kinsmen gave him a large tract of land in Shakargarh Tehsil.^[2] He founded the town of Katli, and his descendents were called Katil. The tribe founded 360 villages, of which a 100 are found in Gurdaspur and Narowal districts, and the remainder in Jammu. The Katils claim to be Suryavanshi.they do not intermerry with khokhar as they consider khokhar akin of descent blood.

In the time of the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb, the Katils Rao, Balel, Mal and Nihala converted to Islam.^[3]

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The Katil of Shakargarh Tehsil are Muslim, while those of Jammu are Hindu.

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