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Balayan or Balyan (or baliyan) classically called the bolingeans (English pronunciation: greek: Bolingai is the gotra caste of the Jat located in Rajasthan (Malupura),Haryana, uttar Pradesh in India. They are Very Powerful people.In rajasthan Malupura is located in Chirawa teh.in jhunjhunu district. Balayan is the name of Khap and the Gotra is "Raghuvanshi". It is found in Western Uttar Pradesh (mostly in and around District Muzaffarnagar), Haryana (in Jhajjar) and Rajasthan (In Malupura). Chaudhary Naresh Tikait is "Chaudhary" (Head) of the Baliyan khap. "Tikait" is the title conferred to the head of Baliyan Khap by Raja Harshavardhana, the Jat ruler of Thanesar, in 7th century. Since then it is used by Chaudhary of the Khap as its surname. Megasthenes has described about this clan in Indica as Bolingae.