Chhimba/Chhapa/Chhapola are the surname in Khatri caste which is belongs to Sikh and Hindu Kshatriya clan.[1][2][3]

Their traditional occupation in the Samba district of India was dying and hand-printing calico fabric. It was probably some of these people who moved to areas of Himachal Pradesh, where they created a somewhat different style of printing cloth that was much favoured by the Gaddi people of the region.[4]

Chhapa/Chhapola people involve in printing of clothes with the help of wooden blocks this kind cloth printing also known as Woodblock printing[5][6]

Fenech, Louis E.; McLeod, W. H. (2014). Historical Dictionary of Sikhism (3rd ed.). Rowman & Littlefield. p. 82. ISBN 978-1-44223-601-1.</ref>

References

  1. ↑ Singh, Joginder (2014). "Sikhs In Independent India". In Singh, Pashaura; Fenech, Louis E. (eds.). The Oxford Handbook of Sikh Studies. Oxford University Press. p. 84. ISBN 978-0-19100-411-7.
  2. ↑ "The Indian Caste System: Explained". Set Free. 26 August 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  3. ↑ "Jati: The Caste System in India". Asia Society. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  4. ↑ Hāṇḍā, Omacanda (1998). Textiles, Costumes, and Ornaments of the Western Himalaya. Indus Publishing. pp. 132–134. ISBN 978-8-17387-076-7.
  5. ↑ "CHHAPA". CHHAPA. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  6. ↑ "Wooden Blocks (Chhapa For Printing)". HinduReligiousItems.com. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
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