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Chaupan is a traditional shepherding community in Jammu and Kashmir primarily engaged in tending sheep owned by peasants and other villagers.^[1]. They customarily grazed these flocks in the lowland pastures (pathael) as well as in the high-altitude mountain meadows (balai) of Kashmir ^[2]. Their population has not been assessed through the latest Census, and according to the 1931 Census, they comprised a total of 6045 males and 5208 females in Jammu and Kashmir.

Chaupan is also spelt as Chopan, and they are also called Pohol (also spelt as Pohul) in the Kashmiri Language. Originating from two Persian words, Cho meaning Four and Pan meaning Keeper, the term “Chopan” denotes those who tend four-legged animals, especially sheep ^[2]^[3]. They are known for their nomadic lifestyle and seasonal migration to high-altitude pastures. They are paid per animal for seasonal grazing, but unlike the Bakarwals, they have not been included in the Scheduled Tribe category despite sharing similar socio-economic disadvantages^[4]

References

^ Banka, Irfan Ali; Rashid, Muzamil; Sahani, Ramesh (2025-08-13). "Rethinking climate impacts and livestock emissions through transhumant pastoralism in Jammu and Kashmir". Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice. 15 14926. Bibcode:2025PRPP...1514926B. doi:10.3389/past.2025.14926. ISSN 2041-7136.
^ ^a ^b Chopan, Taraiq Ahmad; Rashid, Younus (2024). "SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS OF CHOPAN COMMUNITY IN KASHMIR". Humanities and Social Science Studies. 13 (1): 122–130 – via ResearchGate.
^ Dar, Muzamil Ahmad (2019). "Pastoralists of Jammu and Kashmir state with special reference to Gujjars and Bakarwals in historical perspective from 9th to 19th century". University. hdl:10603/313921.
^ "Chopans of Kashmir". Kashmir Observer. 2021-06-16. Retrieved 2025-09-25.

[1] Banka, Irfan Ali; Rashid, Muzamil; Sahani, Ramesh (2025-08-13). "Rethinking climate impacts and livestock emissions through transhumant pastoralism in Jammu and Kashmir". Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice. 15 14926. Bibcode:2025PRPP...1514926B. doi:10.3389/past.2025.14926. ISSN 2041-7136.

[:0-2] Chopan, Taraiq Ahmad; Rashid, Younus (2024). "SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS OF CHOPAN COMMUNITY IN KASHMIR". Humanities and Social Science Studies. 13 (1): 122–130 – via ResearchGate.

[3] Dar, Muzamil Ahmad (2019). "Pastoralists of Jammu and Kashmir state with special reference to Gujjars and Bakarwals in historical perspective from 9th to 19th century". University. hdl:10603/313921.

[4] "Chopans of Kashmir". Kashmir Observer. 2021-06-16. Retrieved 2025-09-25.

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