Malik or Malak is a gotra of Jats found in Pakistan and India.
[1] The Malik Jats were originally called Ghatwal (or Gathwala[2]); they later began calling themselves malik ("lord").
[3] They were zamindars (landowners) during the Mughal era.
[4] The Gathwala (गठवाला) Khap comprises 52 villages in Muzaffarnagar district, Uttar Pradesh.