Baruwal is a Khas

Khas

Originally the Khas / Khasas or Khasiyas are the mountain dwellers living in the southern shadow of the Himalayan range from Kashmir to Bhutan, but mostly in Nepal, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, North Bengal, Sikkim and Bhutan,...

 Chhetri surname found in people from Nepal

Nepal

Nepal , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked sovereign state located in South Asia. It is located in the Himalayas and bordered to the north by the People's Republic of China, and to the south, east, and west by the Republic of India...

. Majority of Baruwal are found in Myagdi, Parbat and other Mid-Western dirstricts of Nepal

Nepal

Nepal , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked sovereign state located in South Asia. It is located in the Himalayas and bordered to the north by the People's Republic of China, and to the south, east, and west by the Republic of India...

. Although some of them now re-side in major cities of Nepal

Nepal

Nepal , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked sovereign state located in South Asia. It is located in the Himalayas and bordered to the north by the People's Republic of China, and to the south, east, and west by the Republic of India...

 or even abroad.
Baruwals have a tradition of worshiping Bindyabashini; their kul-deuta or kul-devata (ancestral deity) at annual lineage gatherings.

History

Baruwals are Rajputs-rulers although they have marriage relation with Khasas

Khasas

The Khasas / Khas or Khasiyas are an ancient people, believed to be a section of the Indo-Iranians who originally belonged to Central Asia from where they had penetrated, in remote antiquity, the Himalayas through Kashgar and Kashmir and dominated the whole hilly region...

. They migrated from Garhwal during 13th-14th centuries along with Khati

Khati

Khati is a community within the Vishwakarma community, found in North India.-Distribution:Members of this community are spread widely in northern and are also known as jangid brhamins...

s, Sripali Basnet, Chauhan Chhetri, and Sripalis among Chhetris who are all of same origin as the Thakuris. In Nepal

Nepal

Nepal , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked sovereign state located in South Asia. It is located in the Himalayas and bordered to the north by the People's Republic of China, and to the south, east, and west by the Republic of India...

 Baruwals could not become kings so they did not become Thakuris. Only those Rajputs who became kings were classed as hakuri]