Jhojha

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The Jhojha are a Muslim community or clan found mainly in the states of Uttar Pradesh, Uttrakhand and Punjab in India.[ citation needed ]

Present circumstances

The Jhojha are a community made of up of small peasants, concentrated in the Doab region of Uttar Pradesh. They have a village-based caste council, which exercises social control. In terms of religion, they are fairly orthodox Sunni Muslims, and have customs similar to other neighbouring Muslim peasant castes, such as the Kamboh, Garha, and Muley Jat.[ citation needed ] The jhojhas are believed to belonged to Turkey. They were migrated to India when Turks ruled India. Jhojha was the secondary caste in Turkey at that time, Pashas being the first.

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