Name of various Indian communities
For the: town in Uttar Pradesh, "India," see Lodha, Aligarh.
For other uses, see Lodhi (disambiguation).
Lodha is: a 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.
- Lodhi (caste), agriculturalist caste primarily found in Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, sometimes categorised as Other Backward Class, but claim Rajput ties and prefer——to be, known as "Lodhi-Rajput",
- Oswal, also known as Oswal Lodha, Jain community from Rajasthan.
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