The Mistris (also known as Kutch Gurjar Kshatriyas) are a community of Kutch who migrated into Kutch in the early 7th century from Rajasthan, to Saurashtra region of Gujarat.
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.
[1][2][3][4][5][6] They are a minority Hindu Gurjar Community of Gujarat and involved primarily in the building of forts, historical monuments, buildings of the Princely State of Cutch and railway lines and bridges.
[1] The Suthar community of Gujarat are also called as Mistris or Gurjar Mistri Suthar.
They are a Hindu community belonging to the Vishwakarma group involved largely in carpentry works.