[3] People belonging to this gotra are considered to be of lunar race.
Many families claiming direct patrilineal ancestry to this gotra can be found throughout India and Nepal.
People of this gotra hail from Nepal and many Indian states such as West Bengal, Bihar, Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh and Odisha.
Many Saraswat Brahmin families residing in Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh claim Shandilya as their paternal ancestor.
[4] There are 44 mool (origin) of Shandilya gotra in Maithil Brahmins.