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master-planners themselves, having wide main roads and streets and other infrastructure, temples, ponds and wells, and was unique in its heritage. Sinugra was known as the "Pride of Kutch" for its unique artistic heritage. Most of it was destroyed in the 2000 earthquake. Sinugra
Village, being very near to Anjar, also bore the heavy brunt of the quake and almost all of the old majestic houses built around 100 years ago were completely destroyed. There were also a number of human casualties. Some of the old buildings, temples,
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families, ornate facades, intricate door carvings and metal grill windows and verandah depicting life of Queen
Victoria. There were also huge wall and ceiling paintings depicting scenes from Mahabharata and Ramayana. The village, like other Mistri villages, was wellplanned by Mistris, who were
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Kshatriyas, also known as Mistris, came to Kutch from Rajasthan. They are skilled in building and construction. They first established themselves at Dhaneti and were granted 18 villages by the rulers of Kutch. They are famous designers and developers of buildings and
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The population of children age 0-6 was 481 (15.63% of total population). The sex ratio was 951, which wais higher than
Gujarat state average of 919. The child sex ratio was per 822, lower than the Gujarat average of 890.
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Sinugra village has a lower literacy rate compared to
Gujarat. In 2011, it was 74.08% compared to 78.03% of Gujarat. Male literacy swas 80.12% and female literacy was 67.89%.
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The village has primary co-educational school named Seth Khora Ramji
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Temples of many clans of these Kutch Gurjar
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