Khedaval

The Khedaval or Khedawal is a Gujarati Brahmin community. Their traditionally served as merchants, money-lenders, pleaders, and government servants.{{Cite book|last=Brown|first=Judith M.|title=Gandhi's Rise to Power: Indian Politics 1915-1922|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=1972|pages=87}} They practice hypergamy.{{Cite book|last=Kapadia|first=Kanailal Motilal|title=Marriage and Family in India|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=1955|pages=102}} Some are priests in the Raṇachoḍarāy temple in Ḍākor.{{Cite journal |last=Majmudar |first=M.R. |date=1947 |title=Dwārkā Image of Raṇchhoḍjī and the temple at Ḍākore |journal=Journal of the University of Bombay |volume=67 |pages=57–91}}

According to the Brahmakṣetra Māhātmya, the Khēḍāvāḷa brahmins originated from Khēṭaka (modern Khēḍā), five miles away from Brahmakṣetra.{{Cite book |last=Kantawala |first=S. G. |title=Contributions of Gujarat to Sanskrit Literature |publisher=Dr. M.I. Prajapati Ṣaṣṭipūrti Sanmāna Samiti |year=1998 |pages=817 |chapter=Purāṇas of Gujarat}}{{Cite book |last=Shah |first=A. M. |title=Division and Hierarchy: An Overview of Caste in Gujarat |publisher=Hindustan Publishing Company |year=1988 |pages=5, 134 }}