Jha (surname)
Jha is a surname of Nepal and India, originating from the Mithila. People having Jha as their surnames belong to the 'Maithil Brahmin' caste. They are typically native to Northern part of Bihar and eastern Uttar Pradesh. Maithili, language and culture has predominantly East Indian flavours; as opposed to Bhojpuri, which is more like Central Indian. While Maithili sounds pleasant to ear and is mellow and soft, Bhojpuri is loud and brash.
Notable people with this surname
- Acharya Rameshwar Jha, Sanskrit scholar
- Aditya Jha, Nepalese-Canadian entrepreneur and philanthropist
- Aditya Narayan Jha, known as Aditya Narayan, Indian actor and singer
- Aditya Nath Jha, Indian Civil Service, recipient of the Padma Vibhushan
- Aloknath Jha, known as Alok Nath, Bollywood Actor
- Amardeep Jha, Indian film and television actress
- Anshuman Jha, Indian actor
- Anurita Jha, Indian actress
- Bhagwat Jha Azad, Ex Chief Minister of Bihar
- Bidhu Jha, Canadian politician
- Binodanand Jha, former Chief Minister of Bihar
- Birbal Jha, Indian author, academician and entrepreneur and founder of British Lingua in India
- Chandeshwor Jha, Member of Parliament, Nepal
- Durgananda Jha, Nepalese man who attempted to assassinate King Mahendra in 1961
- Dwijendra Narayan Jha, Indian historian
- Ganganath Jha (1842-1971), Sanskrit and philosophy scholar from Bihar
- Gonu Jha, a 13th-century man known for his wit
- Hetukar Jha, Indian author and professor of sociology
- Kanchinath Jha "Kiran" (1906–1989), Indian Maithili-language writer
- Kaveri Jha, Indian film actress
- Komal Jha, Indian film actress
- Kirtivardhan Bhagwat Jha Azad, known as Kirti Azad, Indian Member of Parliament and former cricketer
- Lakshmi Kant Jha (1913-1988), Governor of the Reserve Bank of India
- Manish Jha, Bollywood director
- Nagendra Nath Jha, former Lieutenant Governor of Pondicherry
- Narendra Jha, Indian television actor
- Swaroopam Kumar Jha known as Nigamananda Saraswati Hindu Monk
- P. K. Jha, Nepalese author
- Pankaj Jha, Indian actor
- Parmanand Jha, the first vice president of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
- Piyush Jha, Indian director and screenwriter
- Prabhat Jha (epidemiologist) (born 1965), Indian-Canadian scientist working in epidemiology and economics of global health
- Prabhat Jha (politician), Madhya Pradesh BJP President and Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha)
- Prakash Jha, Indian film producer, director and screenwriter
- Prayag Jha, artist
- Prem Shankar Jha, Indian journalist, author and columnist
- Raghunath Jha, Indian politician
- Raj Kamal Jha, Indian novelist and journalist
- Ramashreya Jha (1928-2009), Indian composer and teacher of Hindustani classical music
- Ramesh Chandra Jha, Indian poet, novelist and freedom fighter
- Sanjay Jha, former chairman and CEO of Motorola Inc.
- Sanjeev Jha, former Hind Security and Hind Motion Pictures
- Saurav Jha, author
- Shriya Jha, film and television actress
- Sriram Jha, Indian chess player
- Sriti Jha, Indian television actress
- Subhash K. Jha, Bollywood film critic
- Surendra Jha 'Suman', Maithili poet
- Suvarna Jha, Indian television actress
- Udit Narayan Jha, Nepalese playback singer
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