The Saits
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The Saits are a community that branched off from the Kutchi Memons who are essentially Kutchi speaking, Sunni Muslims, who originally hail from Kutch in Gujarat, a state of India. Historically, Kutch was a princely state and this kingdom included Bhuj, Anjar, Lakhpath, Mandvi, etc. The Kutchi Memons are now spread all over the globe with concentrated population in Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore, Chennai, and Ooty.
Kutchi Memons have this unique surname SAIT (for men) and BAI (for women). The community has a very modern outlook and most individuals are educated. The community is very peculiar about is unique identity and in many orthodox pockets marriage outside the community is still looked upon as treachery. The written Language is mostly Urdu but regional languages are used for local communications.
The size of the population cannot be determined due to its lack of concentration but estimations would put their number close to 0.4 million people. The community follows all the basic Sunni Islamic tradition but with somewhat different practices.
