the community is divided into a number of clans such as the thulgharia, gangola, kumaoiya, kalare, jagati, tamkia, kholibhiteria, phatrat and salimgarhia. each of these groups derives its name from either the name of an ancestral village, office they held or title they received in the past. for example, the gangola get their name from the territory of patti gangoli, while the kumaoiya from kumaon, while the word thulgharia literally means economically prosperous.