The Banaut (also known as Bandaut) is a branch of Bundela Rajput found in the Indian states of Bihar and Jharkhand. They are said to be left orchha and some parts of bundelkhand during Mughal period and migrated to Bihar(now Jharkhand). Origin and History Banauts originated from bundelkhand ,but later came to Bihar (now Hazaribagh and chatra districts of jharkhand).As they were from land owning community ,they became wealthy zamindars with time and also had strong political positions. Culture Deities Banaut have their particular village deities such as Hanumanji, Ram-Janaki and Radhakrishna. Gotra The gotras of Banaut are Bhardwaj, Dhenu, vaksh, Kaushik, Garg, Sandilya and Vishwamitra. See also Babu Saheb References Rajput clans of Bihar