Lodha

For the town in Uttar Pradesh, India, see Lodha, Aligarh.

For other uses, see Lodhi (disambiguation).

Lodha is the name of various Indian communities and may refer to:

• Lodha people, a tribal people living primarily in the Indian states of West Bengal and Odisha, mostly in the Paschim Medinipur district. A section of the Lodha has converted to Islam, and form a distinct community of Lodha Muslims. ^{[1] [2]}
• Lodhi (caste), agriculturalist caste primarily found in Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, ^[3] sometimes categorised as Other Backward Class, but claim Rajput ties and prefer to be known as "Lodhi-Rajput", ^{[4] [5] [6]}
• Oswal, also known as Oswal Lodha, Jain community from Rajasthan. ^[7]

References

1. "West Bengal: Data Highlights the Scheduled Tribes" (PDF). Census of India 2001. Census Commission of India. Retrieved 26 September 2009.
2. "Mayurbhanj, Tribal languages, festivals and culture" . Retrieved 26 September 2009.
3. Sharma, Jagdish Saran (1981). Encyclopaedia Indica. Vol. 2. p. 737.
4. Burger, Angela Sutherland (1969). Opposition in a Dominant-Party System. University of California Press. p. 27.
5. Syed Siraj ul Hassan (1920). The Castes and Tribes of H.E.H. the Nizam's Dominions, Volume 1. Asian Educational Services. p. 400. ISBN   978-8-12060-488-9.
6. Chauhan, Brij Raj (1980). Extending frontiers of sociological learning. Meerut University. Institute of Advanced Studies. Dept. of Sociology, Institute of Advanced Studies, Meerut University. p. 55.
7. Rajputana (1879). The Rajputana gazetteers. p. 249. Retrieved 16 April 2015.