The Kohja or Kauja are Jat gotra (clan), now found mainly in Jhang and Faisalabad districts, of Punjab, Pakistan.
The Kauja were originally settled in Jalandhar District, in what is now Punjab, India. They occupied the five villages of Kauja, Dhurial, Nangal Fida, Alamgirpur and Kotla Kauja in north of Jalandhar Tehsil where the Kingra Cho stream enters the district.[1]
According to their traditions, their ancestor was a giant, who accompanied Sultan Mahmud of Ghazna in one of his invasions of India, and settled down in the region. His name was Ali Mohammad, or Manju, and he was nicknamed Kohcha or little mountain, on account of his size. His descendants contracted marriages with Jats of the neighbourhood, and as such became Jat. The Kohja were the only exclusively Muslim Jat clan in Jalandhar.
After the partition of India, they like, other Muslims of the Jalandhar District, moved to Pakistan, settling mainly in Jhang District.