Chundrigar

Chundrigar

Total population
900 [1]
Regions with significant populations
•  India •  Pakistan
Languages
• Gujarati • Urdu • Hindi
Religion
• Islam 100% •
Related ethnic groups
• Shaikh of Gujarat • Manihar

The Chundrigar are a Muslim community found in the state of Gujarat in India. A few are also found in the city of Karachi in Pakistan.^[2]

History and origin

The Chundrigars are a community associated with the silk knot printing, and manufacture of a piece of cloth known as the chunri or dupata. They claim to have been Arabs who settled in Sindh, and then moved to Gujarat. There largest concentration is the city of Surat, although there is a large diaspora in Karachi. According to some traditions, the community are a sub-group with in the Manihar community. This is shown by the fact the community intermarry with the Manihars, and are members of the Gujarat Manihar Jamat. Almost all the Chundrigar community have abandoned their traditional occupation. They are now mainly a community of petty traders, with a few successful businessmen.^[3]

See also

• Manihar

References

1. ^ Joshua Project. "Chundrigar Ethnic People in all Countries". Joshua Project. http://www.joshuaproject.net/people-profile.php?rog3=IN&peo3=16616. Retrieved 2011-01-17. 
2. ^ Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency, Gujarat Population: Musalmans and Parsis, Volume IX page 72 Government Central Press, Bombay
3. ^ Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency, Gujarat Population: Musalmans and Parsis, Volume IX pages 72 Government Central Press, Bombay