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{{Short description|Community found in Jharkhand India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}}
{{Infobox ethnic group|
| group = Lohra
| image =
| image_caption =
| pop =
| popplace = {{flag|India}}
| region1 = [[Jharkhand]]
| pop1 = 216,226 (2011 Census)<ref name="Prabhat Prakashan"/>
| langs = [[Nagpuri language|Nagpuri]], [[Mundari language|Mundari]]
| rels =
| related = [[Lohar (caste)|Lohar]], [[Asur people|Asur]]
}}

'''Lohra''' is a community found in [[Jharkhand]]. They are traditionally associated with works of iron smelting.<ref name="Prabhat Prakashan">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9S1pEAAAQBAJ&pg=SA3-PA18|title=Jharkhand General Knowledge 2022|publisher=Prabhat Prakashan|author=MANISH RANJAN|page=18|year=2022|isbn=978-9354883002}}</ref><ref name="Jharkhandculture">{{cite web|url=http://jharkhandculture.com/node/79|title=Lohara|publisher=Jharkhandculture|access-date=30 October 2022}}</ref>

==History==
Historians have no idea from which period the Lohra are residing in [[Chota Nagpur Plateau|Chota-nagpur]] plateau. There is also no oral or folklore about the origin of Lohra.<ref name="Jharkhandculture"/>

The use of iron tool and pottery spread in the Chotanagpur region during 1400 to 800 BCE according to carbon dating of iron slag, sickle and wheel made pottery which was found in Barudih of [[Singhbhum district]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H3lUIIYxWkEC&pg=PA220|title=A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India: From the Stone Age to the 12th Century|first=Upinder|last=Singh|year=2008|publisher=Pearson Education India|page=225|isbn=9788131711200|access-date=30 October 2022|via=Google Books}}</ref> According to carbon dating, Iron celt was dated to 1200 BCE.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EJuM4FylchwC&pg=PA268|title=Science, Technology, Imperialism, and War|publisher=Pearson Education India|author=Jyoti Bhusan Das Gupta|page=268|year=2007|isbn=978-8131708514}}</ref>

==Distribution==
They are mainly distributed in the state of Jharkhand in district of [[Ranchi district|Ranchi]], [[Simdega district|Simdega]], [[Gumla district|Gumla]], [[Lohardaga district|Lohardaga]], [[Singhbhum]], [[Hazaribagh district|Hazaribagh]], [[Palamu district|Palamu]], [[Dhanbad district|Dhanbad]], [[Bokaro district|Bokaro]], [[Giridih district]]. Their population in Jharkhand is 2,16,226.<ref name="Prabhat Prakashan"/><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qzAoEAAAQBAJ&pg=RA7-PA29|title=JHARKHAND PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION PRELIMS EXAMS COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE PAPER|publisher=Manish Ranjan|year=2021|isbn=978-9390906321}}</ref>

==Subgroups==
[[Lohar (caste)|Lohar]]as are divided into two subgroups i.e. Kanujia Lohra, who are migrants from Bihar, and the indigenous Kol Lohra or Nagpuria Lohra. The Nagpuria Lohra are further divided into two groups i.e. Sad [[Kamar (caste)|Kamar]] and Lohra. Sad Kamar have abandoned their occupation and do farming. Sad Kamar still speaks Mundari and eats only fowl and goat.

Lohra follows very few restrictions on foods and eat carcasses of dead animals. Lohra are distributed all over South Bihar. The Sad Kamar live in the Pach Pargana area. The Lohra speak [[Sadri language|Sadri]] and [[Mundari language|Mundari]].<ref name="Superintendent, Secretariat Press">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AyxuAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA126|title=Bihar District Gazetteers, Volume 12; Volume 16|year=1970|author=Pranab Chandra Roy Choudhury|publisher=Superintendent, Secretariat Press, Bihar|page=126}}</ref>

==Culture==
Their traditional occupation is smelting iron and making agricultural and household equipment of iron. They make [[sickle]], [[axe]]s, [[arrow heads]] and [[Plowshare]]s.<ref name="Superintendent, Secretariat Press"/> They speak Sadani or [[Nagpuri language|Nagpuri]].<ref name="Prabhat Prakashan"/><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.jagran.com/jharkhand/ranchi-munda-mundari-lohara-language-registered-in-npr-which-is-not-exist-government-is-confused-about-languages-spoken-in-india-21826198.html|title=Language: जो भाषा बोली ही नहीं जाती, वह भी है पंजीकृत; सरकार को इन भाषाओं को लेकर है भ्रम|publisher=jagran|date=13 July 2021|access-date=30 October 2022}}</ref>
===Clans===
They have clans such as Sath, Son (Son river), Magahia, Tutli, Kachhua (turtle), Dhan (rice), Tirkey (a bird) etc. In marriage, the bride price is prevalent. Their festivals are [[Sarhul]], [[Karam festival|Karam]], [[Sohrai]], [[Holi|Fagua]].<ref name="Prabhat Prakashan" />

==Official Classification==
Lohra are included in [[Scheduled Tribe]] in Jharkhand.{{when|date=February 2025}}<ref name="Prabhat Prakashan"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.etvbharat.com/hindi/jharkhand/state/ranchi/central-committee-meeting-of-tribal-lohra-society-in-ranchi/jh20210314162355817|title=रांची में आदिवासी लोहरा समाज के केंद्रीय समिति की बैठक, आप भी जानें किन-किन मुद्दों पर हुई चर्चा|publisher=etvbharat|date=14 March 2021|access-date=30 October 2022}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Social groups of Jharkhand]]
[[Category:Scheduled Tribes of Jharkhand]]
[[Category:Indian castes]]
[[Category:Ethnic groups in Jharkhand]]

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