Jharra Chhetri () are the subgroup of the Chhetri caste of the Khas ethnic group. Jharra Chhetri wear the six threaded Janai (sacred thread). They are historically Indo Aryan people. Communities of Jharras include Basnet/Basnyat, Thapa, Karki, Kunwar, Khadka, Katuwal, Rawat, and Bisht.
"Chhetri" is a direct derivative or a Nepalese vernacular of the Sanskrit word Kshatriya.
Chhetris along with Brahmins are considered among the twice born castes called Tagadhari in Nepal and they wear the sacred thread called the Yagnopavita. Chhetris are considered among the Pahadi caste groups and they speak Nepali language as their mother tongue which is highly influenced by Sanskrit.
The children born from the union of a Chhetri man and his married Chhetri wife, only accomplished by a proper BrahmÃÂ vivÃÂha are considered "JharrÃÂ" (meaning: 'pure') while those children born from the union of a Hill Brahmin man and a Chhetri woman are considered "ThimÃÂ" (meaning: 'hybrid').
A JharrÃÂ boy would be given a six threaded Janai (sacred thread) at his Hindu passage of rite Bartaman ceremony while a ThimÃÂ boy would be given only a three threaded Janai (sacred thread). A ThimÃÂ son would inherit a sixth of the ancestral property compared to that of the JharrÃÂ son.