The Kamboj people are a traditionally agricultural community native to the Indian subcontinent, comprising what is today Northern India and Pakistan. Primarily of Hindu, Muslim and Sikh faiths, they now live mostly in the Indian states of Haryana, Punjab, Delhi, Rajasthan, Uttarkhand and Uttar Pradesh and the Pakistani provinces of Punjab and Sindh.
Kamboj is in General Caste Category and as well as in Backward Class (BC) and/or Other Backward Class (OBC) categories.
Kamboj is listed as Backward Class in Haryana in their BLOCK ‘A' list:
https://haryanascbc.gov.in/list-of-backward-classes
Kamboj is listed as Backward Class and Other Backward Class in Punjab in their list:
https://punjabxp.com/list-backward-other-classes/
Kamboj is listed as Other Backward Class in Rajasthan in their list:
https://www.sje.rajasthan.gov.in/Default.aspx?PageID=2199Please refer to the particular state websites for more information. Such criteria are only based on income whether the person belongs to the creamy layer or not.
