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Mekan clan
{| class="wikitable"
| colspan="2" |Rajputana Clan: '''Maken'''
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|'''Distribution'''
|Punjab (Pakistan)
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|'''Descended from:'''
|Parmar rajput 
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== Distribution and Villages ==
The Maken are found mainly in Sargodha, Khushab, Jhelum, Gujrat, Vehari, Jhang, Multan, Khanewal, Bahawalnagar and Mandi Bahauddin districts. 

The Mekans form the majority of the population in Kot Bhai
.  Khan union council of Sargodha. Their villages in Sargodha District include Behak Maken, said to have been first village founded by the Mekans when they moved to the Bar  , Abu Wala, Chakrala, Deowal, Gondal (Shahpur Tehsil), Mochiwal, Okhli Mohla, Sultanpur Meknawala, Jalpana, Dera Karam Ali Wala, Chak No 88 N.B,Chak No 142 N.B, Nihang Chak 71 NB Chak 74 NB, Chak 10 N.B, Chabba Purana, Faiz Sultan Colony in Shahpur Tehsil, Kot Bhai Khan, Kot Pehlwan, Aqal Shah, Kot Kamboh, Wadhi, Kot Shada, Gul Muhammad Wala , and Verowal in Bhera Tehsil and Sikandarpur  , Sher Muhamadwala in Bhalwal Tehsil. Across the Jhelum, Mekan are also found in Mohibpur village in Khushab District.

Outside this core areas, in Jhelum District, there most important villages are Chautala (Jhelum Tehsil) , Chak Mujahid (Pind Dadan Khan Tehsil) and Tobah (Pind Dadan Khan Tehsil), while in Chakwal District, important Mekan villages include Mangwal, Vero, Lakhwal, Thanil Kamal, Dingi Zer, Dhoke Dhabri (almost evenly divided between Gondal and Mekan), Chak Bhoun, Dhoke Maykan near Thoa Bahdur and Ghugh (which largely a Ghugh Jat villages, but home to several Mekan families). The Mekan Jats in terms of population form the most important Jat clan in Chakwal.

While in Gujrat District, they are found in village Mekan in Kharian Tehsil, and in neighbouring Mandi Bahaudin District, there main villages are Mekan, Thatti Bawa, Lassouri Kalan and Lassouri Khurd.

== References ==
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[[Category:Punjabi people]]
[[Category:Punjab (Pakistan)]]
[[Category:Ethnic groups in Pakistan]]
[[Category:Pakistani tribes]]