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Chok is a village in Jesar Taluka of Bhavnagar district, Gujarat, India. It is a former petty Rajput princely state.
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History
Historically, Chok was one of many princely states in Gohelwar prant, under the colonial authority of the Eastern Kathiawar Agency, including a second village and ruled by Sarvaiya Rajput Chieftains. It was situated in the sab-division of the province known as Und Sarvaiya. It was the head-quarters of an Agency thana.[1]
Geography
It situated on the south bank of the river Shatrunji and is about ten miles south-south-west of Palitana.[1]
Immediately opposite to Chok on the opposite side of the river is the Lonch hill, 1426 feet high, called in Jain literature Hastagiri. The Kamlo hill over Boda-no-nes is three miles distant to the south-east. It is called Kadambgiri in the Jain annals and is 1330 feet high and is surmounted by a small temple.[1]
Demographics
The population of which according to census of 1872 was 1163 and according to that of 1881 1264 souls.[1] In 1901, it had population 1,213, yielding a state revenue of 6,800 Rupees (nearly all from land), paying a tribute of 417 Rupees, to the Gaekwar Baroda State and Junagadh State.
References
- ^ a b c d Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Kathiawar (Public Domain text). Vol. VIII. Printed at the Government Central Press, Bombay. 1884. p. 406.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Kathiawar. Vol. VIII. Printed at the Government Central Press, Bombay. 1884. p. 406.
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