Kanitkar
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Kanitkar is a surname used by Konkanastha Chitapavan sub-caste of
A large majority of Kanitkars still live in Pune, Maharashtra, India – with the rest in Mumbai, Vadodara and many other cities. Several Kanitkars have also migrated to foreign countries – United States, Australia and Singapore, to name a few.
Genealogy of Kanitkars is documented in "Kanitkar Kul Vrutanta", the latest (second) edition was published on 26 January 1988. At that time, there were around 780 Kanitkar males and 530 females living:
Gharane No. | Gharane Name | Total Males | Living Males | Living Females | Popular Cities | Contact | ||||||||
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1 | Basani – Ganeshwadi | 283 | 124 | 70 | Mumbai, Pune | Jayant Mahadeo | ||||||||
2 | Basani – Sakharpe | 128 | 43 | 30 | Mumbai | |||||||||
3 | Basani – Dhom | 77 | 27 | 34 | Pune, Mumbai | Vasudeo Janardan | ||||||||
4 | Basani – Vetoshi | 43 | 16 | 10 | Pune, Kolhapur | |||||||||
5 | Palshet – Adoor | 191 | 65 | 38 | Mumbai, Pune | Rajan Yashwant | ||||||||
6 | Palshet – Junnar | 202 | 101 | 66 | Mumbai, Pune | Girish Sudhakar | ||||||||
7 | Palshet – Bavdhan | 237 | 110 | 78 | Pune, Vadodara | Maheshwar Ramchandra | ||||||||
8 | Palshet – Kothure | 38 | 3 | 5 | Sangli | |||||||||
9 | Palshet – LimbaGanesh | 77 | 37 | 28 | Limbaganesh, Aurangabad, Pune, Mumbai, Thane | Mandar Kanitkar | ||||||||
10 | Palshet – Chandwad | 34 | 5 | 4 | Mumbai | |||||||||
11 | Palshet – Shirdhon | 103 | 50 | 39 | Pune, Mumbai | |||||||||
12 | Palshet – Padli | 39 | 15 | 5 | Pune | |||||||||
13 | Palshet – Bhadkambe | 137 | 54 | 36 | Mumbai, Gwalior | Guruprasad Dattatray | ||||||||
14 | Palshet – Aachre | 31 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
15 | Palshet – Siddheshwar | 46 | 18 | 14 | Mumbai | |||||||||
16 | Palshet – Guttal | 74 | 33 | 16 | Hubli | Sharad Madhav | ||||||||
17 | Palshet – Guhaghar | 34 | 2 | 3 | Guhagar | Sanjay Vinayak | 18 | Palshet – Ambegaon | 27 | 0 | 0 | |||
19 | Palshet – Tarapur | 34 | 5 | 5 | Tarapur | |||||||||
20 | Palshet – Chinchner | 21 | 6 | 2 | Pune, Satara | |||||||||
21 | Bhatgaon – Aanjarle | 43 | 21 | 17 | Mumbai, Mahad | |||||||||
22 | Nandiwade – Vileparle | 29 | 14 | 11 | Mumbai | Mandar Chintamani | ||||||||
23 | Weldoor – Bhiwandi | 45 | 21 | 13 | Mumbai, Pune |
These 1300+ Kanitkars live in 102 different cities/towns in 475 families. Most are in Greater Mumbai (129), Pune (106), Sangli (19), Vadodara (39) and Kolhapur (14).
Most popular Male names were Dattatray (15), Vinayak (12), Madhav, Milind, Vishwanath and Yashwant (11 each), and Gajanan, Gopal, Laxman and Prabhakar (10 each.) Popular female names were Usha (16), Jayashree (11), Anjali and Vijaya (10 each.)