Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Bhatia caste" in English language version.
Whatever the origin of the Jains and the Bhatias, in popular imagination, they are associated with the Vaishya stock no less than the Vaishnava Banias
Although the Vanias, Bhatias and Lohanas belong to the Vaishya varna, the third in the varna hierarchy, why are they the largest constituent of the sect?