| Language(s) | Nepali, Kumaoni |
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| Origin | |
| Derivation | Kar (Tax) |
| Meaning | Tax Collector[1] |
| Region of origin | Nepal,[1] Uttarakhand[2] |
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| See also | Thapa, Basnet, Khadka, Kunwar, Mahat, Bista |
Karki (Devanagari:कार्की) is a Nepali/Kumaoni surname found among the Chhetri community of Nepal and the Kumaoni Rajput community of Uttarakhand.[3][4]
Karki was a government title in the medieval Khasa Kingdom. The tax collecting officers in Dara/Garkha had the title of Karki.[1] The sub-clans of Karki in Nepal are:
Karki is a clan of Rajputs based in the Kumaon region of Uttarakhand.[6][7] The Karkis of Kali Kumaon were chiefly Faujdars/Kiladars in the Kumaon Kingdom.[2]
Notable people who bear the surname Karki include:
He had four fauzdars or kiledars who upto now are famous as the four alas Karki, Bora, Tadagi and Chaudhari. These four chieftains were the leaders of the people of the four factions and they also lived in forts called alas.
Some of the Chhetri clans are Adhikari, Baniya, Basnet, Bist, Bohra, Bura or Burathoki, Gharti, Karki, Khadka, Khatri, Khulal, Mahat, Raut, Rana, Roka, Thapa, etc.
Pal or Rajwar of Askot, Gaida, Kadakoti, and Karki are the major clans of Suryavanshi Rajputs. Chandravanshi Rajputs include descendants of the Chand dynasty such as Rautela of Sor, Kota, Dhaniakot, and Fadtyal of Kali Kumaon. They are the main Rajput clans of Kumaon.
Karki: These people call themselves to have descended from the family of the Rana of Chittorgarh. They are Rajputs of Sun clan. They came here during the time of the Katyuri kings.
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