The Mistri (or Mistry) are a

Hindu Hindus (; ; also known as Sanātanīs) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism, also known by its endonym Sanātana Dharma. Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pp. 35–37 Historically, the term has also be ...

caste found in state of

Gujarat Gujarat () is a States of India, state along the Western India, western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Gujarat is the List of states and union territories ...

, India.

Castes known as Mistri

There are two different casts by the same name: *Mistri - which are now identified as Kutch Gurjar Kshatriya, a community originally from Kutch, are however known in Gujarat Government listed as Mistri, the term used for community since 15th century. *Mistri Suthar - which is another name of

Suthar Suthar is a community within the Vishwakarma community found primarily in India and Pakistan. Its traditional occupation is mostly carpentry. Suthar community predominantly found in Gujarat and Rajasthan is a mixture of various castes. Curren ...

community of Gujarat.

Mistris

The Mistris (also known as Kutch Gurjar Kshatriyas) are a community of Kutch who migrated into Kutch in the early 7th century from

Rajasthan Rajasthan (; Literal translation, lit. 'Land of Kings') is a States and union territories of India, state in northwestern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the List of states and union territories of ...

, to

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region of

. In the 12th century they entered Kutch and established themselves at Dhaneti, later moving on to establish eighteen villages given to them by the then rulers of Kutch. They are a minority

Gurjar The Gurjar (or Gujjar, Gujar, Gurjara) are an agricultural ethnic community, residing mainly in India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan, divided internally into various clan groups. They were traditionally involved in agriculture, pastoral and nomadic ...

Community of

and involved primarily in the building of forts, historical monuments, buildings of the Princely State of Cutch and railway lines and bridges. /ref> This caste is also known as Kumawat in Rajasthan.

Mistri Suthar

The

community of Gujarat are also called as Mistris or Gurjar Mistri Suthar. They are a

community belonging to the Vishwakarma group involved largely in carpenter, carpentry works but also work as mason, sometimes, hence they call themselves as Mistri Suthar

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mistri (Caste) Ethnic groups in India Social groups of Gujarat Tribes of Kutch Indian castes Hindu communities Gurjar

Castes known as Mistri

Mistris

Mistri Suthar

See also

References