Lodha Explained

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.^{[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]

Notes and References

1. Web site: West Bengal: Data Highlights the Scheduled Tribes. 26 September 2009 . Census of India 2001 . Census Commission of India .
2. Web site: Mayurbhanj, Tribal languages, festivals and culture. 26 September 2009 .
3. Book: Sharma, Jagdish Saran . Encyclopaedia Indica . 2 . 737 . 1981.
4. Book: Burger, Angela Sutherland . Opposition in a Dominant-Party System. 1969. University of California Press. 27.
5. Book: The Castes and Tribes of H.E.H. the Nizam's Dominions, Volume 1 . Asian Educational Services . Syed Siraj ul Hassan . 1920 . 400 . 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. Book: The Rajputana gazetteers . Rajputana . 1879 . 249 . 16 April 2015.