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The '''Manka''' are a partly [[Muslim]] and partly [[Hindu]] community found in the state of [[Gujarat]] in [[India]].<ref name=PG1>People of India Gujarat Volume XXI Part Two edited by R.B Lal, P.B.S.V Padmanabham, G Krishnan & M Azeez Mohideen pages 863-867</ref>

==History and origin==
The Manka are said to get their name from their profession of making ''manka'', which in the [[Gujarati language|Gujrati]] language, means the making of prayer beads. They claim to be [[Chavda Kingdom|Chavda]] [[Rajput]]s. The community is said to have come from [[Sindh]] and are now found mainly in twenty villages of Bachau and Rapar [[taluka]]s of [[Kutch District]].<ref name=PG1 /> Some of the Manka are found in Jam Salaya district Jamnagar in Saurashtra who are mainly in fishing and seafaring work.

==Present circumstances==

The Manka speak a dialect of [[Kutchi language|Kutchi]], with substantial [[Sindhi language|Sindhi]] loan words. The Manka consist of a number of clans, the main ones being the Jabayi, Chunctria, Jesra, Payana, Chavda and Sinayi. The community is split along religious lines, with the [[Bhuj]] Manka being [[Muslim]]. They resemble other [[Kutch]] [[Muslim]] communities in social, ritual and religious activity. The Manka are an endogamous community, and marriages between the clans is the norm. Land is a major economic source, and agriculture is their traditional occupation.<ref name=PG1 />

==See also==

*[[Kathi (caste)|Kathi]]

==References==

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