Kutch Gurjar Kshatriya

[16][15] There are several Parias of the community, located near village pond of Dhaneti, standing as memorials of the war that was fought in 1178 AD.

[17] This group, later, for survival changed their occupation from warrior to builders and made their distinct identity not only by building historical forts, palaces, temples and architects not only in Kutch but also all over British India, primarily in the fields of laying railways, bridges and also in coal mining.

[7][18] The Kutch Gurjar Kshatriyas left Dhaneti and went on to establish eighteen villages in Kutch[8][18] which were granted to them by the King: Anjar, Sinugra, Khambhra, Nagalpar, Khedoi, Madhapar, Hajapar, Kukma, Galpadar, Reha, Vidi, Jambudi, Devaliya, Lovaria, Nagor, Meghpar, Chandiya and Kumbharia.

[9] The community consists of clans like Rathod, Chauhan, Chawda, Jethwa, Yadav, Chudasama, Parmar, Taunk, Solanki, Sawaria, Vaghela, Vegad, Varu, Maru, Gohil, Padhiyar, Bhalsod, who enjoy same status.

[15] In the regions of British India known as Bengal, Bihar and Orissa, the Kutch Gurjar Kshatriyas pioneered Indian involvement in coal mining from 1894.

[20][22] Natwarlal Devram Jethwa[20] says that The East Indian Railway in 1894-95 extended its line from Barakar to Dhanbad via Katras and Jharia.

The location of his three collieries named Jeenagora, Khas Jherria, Gareria is mentioned also in 1917 Gazetteers of Bengal, Assam, Bihar and Orissa.

The term Mestri/Mistry is used to refer to community by the Government of Gujarat and the Other Backward Class Certificate as per the Bakshi Panch report.