The Julaha are a community within the Indian subcontinent, which adopted the profession of weaving.
Julaha is the name of the community of weavers and they are Socially and Educationally Backward.
Other prominent weaving and handloom communities of Indian subcontinent include the Salvi, Panika, Ansari, Devanga, Padmasali (caste), Koshta and the Kashmiri Kani weavers.
[2] The term Julaha may derive from the Persian julah (ball of thread).
Although reliable statistics are old, as per survey done in 1990s, the total population of Julahas in India was around 12 million.