The Ghosi are a Muslim community found mainly in North India.

[4] The Ghosi of West Bengal are found mainly in the districts of 24 Parganas and Midnapore, in particular near the towns of Barrackpur and Kharagpur .

According to the traditions of this community, they emigrated from Kanpur, in what is now Uttar Pradesh some five centuries ago.

They remain strictly endogamous, and are unique among Bengali Muslims in practising clan exogamy.

Their main clans are the Rathore, Dogar, Chauhan, Khaleri, Totar, Lehar and Maidul.