In the south of the province in the districts of Dera Ismail Khan and Bannu there are Seraiki speaking tribes such as the Jat, Khokhar, Arain and Mallaah, as well as the Baloch of the province who also speak Seraiki.
However Kaim Khani, Hingora, chanihoon Shar Baloch, Mallah, Kumbhar Lohar, Bhatti, Rajput, Chohan, Arain, Shaikh, Kaimkhani Jatt, and Laghari communities are counted in majority of Khipro.
Muslims mainly Arain are dominating land owners in the nearby region of the Kichha and Rudrapur.They are living since the British period and they were rewarded many times for their work for them in terms of land for cultivation and farmings.
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The Syed, Khattar, Awan, Shaikh, Gheba, Jat, Qanungoh Shaikhs, Paracha, Arains, Pashtun, Gakharss, Gujjars, Rajput, Mughal and Qureshi are the main tribes and clans of Attock district.
The majority of the population of the surrounding are is Arain, Gujjar, Jutt, Kamboh, Awan, Naich, Mirali, Sahu, Dhudhi, Bhatti, Khokhar and Sial.
Main castes are Toor, Rajpoot, Ganpal, Arain, Kamboh, Bodla, Nigriyal, pahdiyar, qureshi, sheikh, syed, hiraj, siyal, merali, pahod, kathia, chiryana, gil, Khichi, Sargana, sadraich, jutt, baloch etc.
The Arain/Rain are a Sunni Muslim community and are present mainly in Western part of the state of Uttar Pradesh in India.