Kamboj

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title: "Kamboj" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["punjabi-tribes", "social-groups-of-uttar-pradesh", "social-groups-of-haryana", "social-groups-of-jammu-and-kashmir", "social-groups-of-punjab,-india", "social-groups-of-punjab,-pakistan", "muslim-communities-of-haryana", "muslim-communities-of-uttar-pradesh", "muslim-communities-of-india"] description: "Social group in India and Pakistan" topic_path: "geography/india" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamboj" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Social group in India and Pakistan ::

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Field	Value
group	Kamboj
image	Portrait of two unidentified men of the Kamboj (or Kamboh) tribe of Multan, ca.1862–72.png
image_caption	Portrait of two unidentified men of the Kamboj (or Kamboh) tribe of Multan, ca.1862–72
popplace	India • Pakistan
langs	Punjabi • Dogri • Haryanvi • Hindi
rels	Hinduism • Sikhism • Islam
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| group = Kamboj | image = Portrait of two unidentified men of the Kamboj (or Kamboh) tribe of Multan, ca.1862–72.png | image_caption = Portrait of two unidentified men of the Kamboj (or Kamboh) tribe of Multan, ca.1862–72 | poptime = | popplace = India • Pakistan | langs = Punjabi • Dogri • Haryanvi • Hindi | rels = Hinduism • Sikhism • Islam | related =

The Kamboj (Devanagari: कम्बोज, Nastaliq: کمبوج, Gurumukhi: ਕੰਬੋਜ ALA-LC: ur), also Kamboh (Nastaliq: کمبوہ ALA-LC: ur), is a caste and agrarian community of India and Pakistan.

Demographics

Religion

As per the 1931 census of British Punjab, most Kambojs followed Sikhism (42.4%) and Islam (41.5%), with a considerable minority following Hinduism (16.1%).

The Hindu Kambojs and the Sikh Kambojs are found in the Punjab, Haryana and Jammu regions in India, while most of the Muslim Kambojs, known as Kambohs, are found in the province of Punjab in Pakistan.

The Muslim Kambohs were particularly influential in the administration and the military of the Mughal Empire from the times of Akbar onward. Some famous personalities include Mughal general Shahbaz Khan Kamboh and 16-century Sufi saint Shaikh Gadai Kamboh.

Numbers

As per the 2017 Pakistani census, Kamboh made around 5% of Lahore's population, which back then amounted to some 550,000 individuals out of a total population of 11 million.

References

References

1. Ali, Imran. (14 July 2014). "The Punjab Under Imperialism, 1885-1947". Princeton University Press.
2. (1994). "Haryana". [[Anthropological Survey of India]].
3. (1933). "Census of India 1931. Vol. 17, Punjab. Pt. 2, Tables.: Census Reports - 1931".
4. (27 March 2014). "The Oxford Handbook of Sikh Studies". OUP Oxford.
5. (1992). "The Kambohs: A Prominent Community of Indian Muslims in the Sixteenth Century (summary)". Proceedings of the Indian History Congress.
6. "District Profile".

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