TheShaikhda or Shaikhra are a Muslim community found in the states ofGujarat andBihar in India.[1]
The community is found mainly inAhmedabad andBaroda districts andAraria| Purnea and Kishanganj districts . They have abandoned many of their syncretic practices, and are now fairly orthodoxSunni Muslims. The Shaikhda are mainly an urban community, and many are now petty traders. They are endogamous, marrying close kin.[2][full citation needed]