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'''Chok''' is a village in Jesar Taluka of [[Bhavnagar district]], [[Gujarat]], India. It is a former petty Rajput [[princely state]].<br />
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==History==<br />
Historically, Chok was one of many [[princely state]]s 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''.<ref name="bg">{{cite book|title=Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Kathiawar (Public Domain text)|url=https://archive.org/details/1884GazetteerByBombayPresidencyVol8Kathiawar349D|year=1884|publisher=Printed at the Government Central Press, Bombay|volume=VIII|pages=406}}</ref><br />
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== Geography==<br />
It situated on the south bank of the river Shatrunji and is about ten miles south-south-west of [[Palitana]].<ref name="bg"/><br />
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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 [[Bodanones|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.<ref name="bg"/><br />
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==Demographics==<br />
The population of which according to census of 1872 was 1163 and according to that of 1881 1264 souls.<ref name="bg"/> 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]].<br />
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* [https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V15_171.gif Imperial Gazetteer - Kathiawar]<br />
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