Hingora


The Hingora are a Muslim community found in the state of Gujarat in India and a province of Sindh in Pakistan. They are one of a number of communities of Maldhari pastoral nomads found in the Banni region of Kutch.

History and origin

The Hingora claim descent from a Samma Rajput nobleman, who had seven sons, the eldest being named Hingora. Hingora converted to Islam and migrated to Khirasara village in Nakhatrana Taluka, in Kutch.

Present circumstances

The community is concentrated in the talukas of Bhuj, Abdasa and Mandvi in Kutch District, the districts of Jamnagar, Junagadh, Porbandar of Gujarat, Jodhpur of Rajasthan and the neighbouring districts of Badin and Tharparkar in Sindh. They speak a dialect of Kutchi, Marwadi with substantial Sindhi loan words. The community is endigomous, but does marry with other Samma communities, such as the Hingorja.
The Hingora are a community of big, peasant farmers. Hingora have own businesses. After partition of the India and Pakistan, many Hingoras also migrated to Pakistan and living in Karachi Lyari.

Hingora Communities (Nukh)

  1. Jamootar
  2. Khakwani
  3. Hajani
  4. Viryani
  5. Moosani
  6. Khanani
  7. Fulhani
  8. Khetani
  9. Dongrani
  10. Jivrani
  11. Noghrani
  12. Qesrani
  13. Adhani
  14. Dhal
  15. Samwanigreat
  16. Devrani
  17. Laakhyar
  18. Dosani
  19. Banani
  20. Elwani
  21. Adwani
  22. Khemani
  23. Ptani
  24. Bebani
  25. Tamachi
  26. Begani
  27. Malwani
  28. Malde
  29. Esaany
  30. Othani
  31. Allo
  32. Dodani
  33. Nathani
  34. Hoothi
  35. Dojani
  36. Hasmani Hingora
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