Lodha

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.^[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]