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{{Short description|Community in India and Nepal}}
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|group= Kunjra
| group           = Kunjra
|population = 31,000<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.joshuaproject.net/peoples.php |title=Archived copy |access-date=2009-05-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090309110117/http://www.joshuaproject.net/peoples.php |archive-date=2009-03-09 }}</ref>
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|popplace = • {{flagcountry|Pakistan}} • {{flagcountry|India}}
| image_caption    = Kunjra or Kabariya (Greengocer) – East Bengal c.1860s
|langs = • [[Urdu language|Urdu]] • [[Khari Boli]] • [[Awadhi]] • [[Bhojpuri]]
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|rels= • [[File:Allah-green.svg|18px]] [[Islam]] 100% •
| pop1            = 1,828,584 (1.3988% of population of Bihar){{efn|According to [[2022 Bihar caste-based survey]]}}
•  [[Baghban]]
| popplace         = [[India]]
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The '''Kunjra''' (pronounced as '''Kunjrda''' or '''Kunjda''') are a [[Muslim]] community found in [[North India]], and [[Central India]].<ref>People of India Uttar Pradesh Volume XLII Part II page 867 Manohar publications</ref> They are also known as Sabzi Farosh or Mewa Farosh.<ref name="SinghKhan2001">{{cite book|author1=Nagendra Kr Singh|author2=Abdul Mabud Khan|title=Encyclopaedia of the World Muslims: Tribes, Castes and Communities|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Zzfs_G7QHoAC&pg=PA775|year=2001|publisher=Global Vision|isbn=978-81-87746-07-2|pages=775–}}</ref>
The '''Kunjra''' (pronounced as '''Koonjrda''' or '''Koonjda''') are a community found in [[North India]], [[Central India]] and [[Nepal]].<ref>{{Cite book |first1=N. K. |last1=Singh |first2=A. P. |last2=Mishra |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H8HT5OMWVssC&q=Mirasi&pg=PA563 |title=Global Encyclopaedic Enthnography Of Indian Muslim (3 vol. set) |date=August 2008 |publisher=Global Vision Publishing House |isbn=978-81-8220-297-9 |pages=435–440 |language=en}}</ref>
 
==History and origin==
The Kunjra are a community associated with Farming. The name of the community is derived from [[Sanskrit]] word ''kunj'', which means bower. According to Gazetteer Punjab, they claim descent from Raja Kunjpal, the [[Raja]] of [[Kunjah]] town lies in  the [[Gujrat District|Gujrat]] district of [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]] province, that is now in [[Pakistan]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Glossary of the tribes & castes of Punjab |last=Rose |first=H. A. |author2=Denzil Ibbetson |author2-link=Denzil Ibbetson |author3=Edward Maclagan |author3-link=Edward Maclagan |year=1996 |publisher=[[Asian Educational Services]] |isbn=978-81-206-0505-3 |page=809 }}</ref>


==Present circumstances==
==Present circumstances==
The community is urban based, and buys vegetables from other communities such as the Murao and Kachhi. They are included in the [[Other backward caste]] category in the states of [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[Bihar]] and [[Delhi]].<ref>http://www.delhi.gov.in/wps/wcm/connect/lib_obc/OBC/Home/Achievements</ref>
They are included in the [[Other Backward Class]] category in [[Delhi]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.delhi.gov.in/wps/wcm/connect/lib_obc/OBC/Home/Achievements |title=Department of Commission for OBC |access-date=6 August 2009 |archive-date=24 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190324012406/http://delhi.gov.in/wps/wcm/connect/lib_obc/OBC/Home/Achievements |url-status=dead }}</ref>


==Distribution==
==References==
The Kunjra are found throughout [[North India]], with large numbers found in [[Uttar Pradesh]] and [[Madhya Pradesh]], mainly in [[Bhopal]] (old city), [[Saugor]], [[Jabalpur]], Rajasthan mainly in Jodhpur, Udipur, Bhilwara, Pali, jhunjhunu, churu, and many other cities of Rajasthan etc.  and [[Khurai]].{{Citation needed|date=August 2019}}
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[[Category:Social groups of Pakistan]]
[[Category:Muslim communities of India]]
[[Category:Muslim communities of India]]
[[Category:Social groups of Uttar Pradesh]]
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[[Category:Social groups of Bihar]]
[[Category:Social groups of Madhya Pradesh]]
[[Category:Muslim communities of Uttar Pradesh]]

Latest revision as of 23:25, 25 September 2025


Kunjra
Kunjra or Kabariya (Greengocer) – East Bengal c.1860s
Regions with significant populations
India
1,828,584 (1.3988% of population of Bihar)[lower-alpha 1]
Religion
Islam

The Kunjra (pronounced as Koonjrda or Koonjda) are a community found in North India, Central India and Nepal.[1]

Present circumstances[edit | edit source]

They are included in the Other Backward Class category in Delhi.[2]

References[edit | edit source]

Notes

  1. ↑ According to 2022 Bihar caste-based survey

Citations

  1. ↑ Singh, N. K.; Mishra, A. P. (August 2008). Global Encyclopaedic Enthnography Of Indian Muslim (3 vol. set). Global Vision Publishing House. pp. 435–440. ISBN 978-81-8220-297-9.
  2. ↑ "Department of Commission for OBC". Archived from the original on 24 March 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2009.

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