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{{Infobox settlement
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| settlement_type = Town
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| subdivision_name2 = [[Surendranagar district|Surendranagar]]
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| registration_plate = GJ-13
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'''Chotila''' is a [[Hinduism|Hindu]] temple town and Taluka headquarters of Chotila Taluka, [[Surendranagar district]], located near [[Rajkot]], [[Gujarat, India]].

Nearby railway stations included Than & [[Rajkot]]. The distance from the Than junction to Chotila is 21 km and Distance from Rajkot railway junction to Than is 47 km.

==History==
[[File:Chotila chamunda.jpg|thumb|left| Temple of Chamunda Mata on Chotila hill]]
[[File:Chotila9.JPG|thumb|left|Chotila Hill]]
Chotila was known as Chotgadh in ancient times. It was originally a holding of the Sodha Parmars, but was seized from Jagsio Parmar by the Khachar [[Kathi Darbar|Kathis]] who made it one of their principal seats. Most of the Khachar Kathis trace their origin to the Chotila house. Chotila was acquired by the Kathis in 1566 AD. It is the headquarters of an Agency thana during British period.<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=407}}</ref>
Famous literary, [[Jhaverchand Meghani]] was born in Chotila and the Government College has been named in his honor as Raashtreeya Shaayar Zaverchand Meghani College.

==Demographics==
The population, according to the census of 1872, was 1771, and according to that of 1881 was recorded as being 2029 .<ref name="bg"/> It currently has a population of nearly 20,000.{{Citation needed|date=March 2020}}

==Places of interest==
The Chamund or Chotila hill which is surmounted by the temple of [[Chamunda]] is 1173 feet in height. The temple is reached by climbing 620 steps.<ref name="bg"/><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.touristlink.com/india/chotila/overview.html |title=touristlink.com |access-date=14 May 2014 |archive-date=14 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140514235844/http://www.touristlink.com/india/chotila/overview.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> The temple is open for devotees from 5 am to 5:30 pm.

==Administration==
The town is administered by [[Nagarpalika]].

==See also==
*[[Jhaverchand Meghani]]

*[[Sayla city|Sayla]]

==References==
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{{Hindu temples in Gujarat}}
[[File:PD-icon.svg|10px]] This article incorporates text from a publication now in the [[public domain]]: {{cite book|title=Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Kathiawar|url=https://archive.org/details/1884GazetteerByBombayPresidencyVol8Kathiawar349D|year=1884|publisher=Printed at the Government Central Press, Bombay|volume=VIII|pages=407}}

[[Category:Shakti temples]]
[[Category:Hindu temples in Gujarat]]
[[Category:Princely states of Gujarat]]
[[Category:Cities and towns in Surendranagar district]]
[[Category:Taluka of Surendranagar]]
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Surendranagar district]]

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Ajay Kumar at 18:30, 28 August 2023