Back شعب الكوتشي Arabic Kutĉoj Esperanto Jolma Kutchi KGE ᱠᱚᱪᱤ ᱦᱚᱲ SAT Kutchi people SIMPLE کھچی (قبیلہ) Urdu
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| Total population | |
|---|---|
| c. 1 million[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| India, Pakistan | |
| Languages | |
| Kutchi Additionally: Gujarati, Hindi-Urdu, or Sindhi | |
| Religion | |
 Islam •  Hinduism •  Jainism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Sindhis, Gujaratis, other Indo-Aryan peoples |
The Kutchi people (Kutchi and Gujarati: કચ્છી (Gujarati script); Sindhi: ڪڇي (Perso-Arabic); कच्छी (Devanagari)) traditionally hail from the Kutch district of the western Indian state of Gujarat and the Sindh region of Pakistan.[2]
- ^ "2011 Census tables: C-16, population by mother tongue". Census of India Website. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
- ^ "Is Kutchi Rabita Committee any good in a peaceful Lyari?". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
Kutchis are one of the indigenous communities of the city and mainly concentrated in Lyari, Malir, Baldia Town, Keamari, Ibrahim Hyderi, Mowach Goth and New Karachi. Belonging to the Kutch area in the Indian state of Gujarat, they have been living in Karachi and other parts of Sindh for decades and call themselves Sindhis.