Kutchi people in the context of "Sindhis in India"

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👉 Kutchi people in the context of Sindhis in India

Sindhis in India (Devanagari: सिन्धी, Sindhī, Naskh script: سنڌي) refer to a socio-ethnic group of Sindhi people living in the Republic of India, originating from Sindh (a province of modern-day Pakistan).

After the 1947 Partition of India into the dominions of new Muslim-majority Pakistan and remaining Hindu-majority India, a million non-Muslim Sindhis migrated to independent India. As per the 2011 census of India, there are 2,772,364 Sindhi speakers in the Indian Republic. However, this number does not include ethnic Sindhis who no longer speak the language and also includes Kutchis who may not identify as ethnic Sindhis (especially those in Gujarat).

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Kutchi people in the context of Kutch district

Kutch district (Kachhi: [kətːʃʰ]), is a district of Gujarat state in western India, with its headquarters (capital) at Bhuj. Covering an area of 45,674 km, it is the largest district of India. The area of Kutch is larger than the entire area of other Indian states like Haryana (44,212 km) and Kerala (38,863 km), as well as the country of Estonia (45,335 km). The population of Kutch is about 2,092,371. It has 10 talukas, 939 villages, and 6 municipalities. The Kutch district is home to the Kutchi people who speak the Kutchi language.

Kutch literally means something which intermittently becomes wet and dry; a large part of this district is known as Rann of Kutch which is shallow wetland which submerges in water during the rainy season and becomes dry during other seasons. The same word is also used in Sanskrit origin for a tortoise. The Rann is known for its marshy salt flats which become snow white after the shallow water dries up each season before the monsoon rains.

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