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Sinugra (also spelled Shinoogra, Sinogra and Sinougra) is a village from the town of Anjar, in the Anjar taluka of Kutch district in the Indian state of Gujarat.

History

The village is one of 18 villages founded by Mistris of Kutch in the late 12th century. The Mistris of these villages built and developed the infrastructure around the villages in late 1890.

Geology

There is a limestone mine which located across the hill named Topi Dungar behind the Sinugra village. The Sang River, which rises from this hill serves the water needs of the village. The river flows through other parts of Anjar taluka.

Heritage

The village had 200 houses made by rich Mistri families, ornate facades, intricate door carvings and metal grill windows and verandah, some depicting frame of Queen Victoria. There were also huge wall and ceiling paintings depicting scenes from Mahabharata and Ramayana. The village, like other Mistri villages, was well planned by Mistris, who were 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 2001 Kutch 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, Chabutro have since been reconstructed but the major of majestic houses with fine workmanship have been lost.

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.