Jha (surname)
Jha is a surname of India and Nepal, originating from the Mithila. Jhas are 1.12% of the population of Nepal and 0.1% of the population of India.
Jhas are Maithil Brahmins and speak the Maithili language.
Notable people with this surname
- Acharya Rameshwar Jha, Sanskrit scholar
- Aditya Jha, Indian-Nepalese-Canadian entrepreneur and philanthropist
- Aditya Narayan Jha, known as Aditya Narayan, Nepali and 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
- Anil Jha, Nepali educator and Chairman of Maithil Brahmin Sabha, Kathmandu
- 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
- 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, playback singer in Indian/Nepal
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