Kharnal

Kharnal is the village in Nagaur district of Rajasthan, India. It is the birthplace of Tejaji. It is situated at a distance of 16 km from Nagaur in the southwest direction on Nagaur - Jodhpur Road. The Kharnal village was abandoned many times in the past and presently it is situated at a distance of 1 mile in northwest of ancient village. Tejaji is considered to be folk-deity and worshiped in entire Rajasthan and Malwa in Madhya Pradesh by all communities. He was born on Bhadrapad Shukla Dashmi in year 1074, in the family of Dhaulya gotra Jats. His father was Chaudhary Taharji, a chieftain of Khirnal. His mother's name was Sugna. Mother Sugna is believed to have got son Teja by the blessings of Naag-deity.

Demography

It is the main village of Dhaulya Jats. There are four branches of Dhaulyas descendants of Hema, Dulha, Dhanna and Pipa. Other Jat gotras in the village are Rad, Mahiya, Jakhar, Karvir and Benda.

Other castes dwelling in the village are Muslims, Teli, Nayak, Balai, Luhar, Sunar, Brahman and Baniya. There is no Rajput.