About us : Kadia Kshatriyas (also known as Gurjar Kshatriyas or Gurjar Kshatriya Kadia or Mistri or Kutch Gurjar Kshatriyas) are a minority group of the Hindu community in Gujrat State, India. They belong to theKshatriya or Rajput clan.

They are a community of Rajput warriors, who migrated from Rajasthan to the Saurashtra region of Gujrat in the early 7th century, fighting and repelling attacks from the North-West frontiers. Some of them later moved to the Kutch region of Gujrat in the 12th century.

This group of warrior Rajput were skilled artisans and masons. They were expert in building forts, palaces, and temples, as well artistic carvings and sculpture. It was due to their special skills that they came to be known as Mistri or Kadia in Gujrat.

The major families in this group belong to Kshatriya clans having the following surnames:Rathod, Solanki, Jethwa, Chavda, Chauhan, Vegad, Varu, Maru, Makwana, Chotalia, Savaria, Sarvaiyas, Yadav,Chudasama, Vaghela, Parmar, Khodiyar, Gohil, Tank, Vadher, Padhiyar, Kacha, Bhalsod, etc.

Two major groups are at present found in Gujrat, who are perhaps a branch of same group because they both same share common history, and their family members have common surnames.