Chaukar

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Chaukar (चौकर)[1][2]Chokar (चोकर)[3] is gotra of Jats in Uttar Pradesh. [4]

Origin

This gotra started after Maharaja Chakora (चकोर). [5]

History

H.A. Rose[6] mentions about Chokar (चोकर), Chhokar (छोकर), a Gujar tribe, found in Karnal, where they have long been settled. Immigrating from beyond Muttra they once hold a chaubisi, or group of 24 villages, with Namaunda as their head-quarters.

Distribution in Chhattisgarh

Chokar is Village in Jagdalpur tahsil in Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

Distribution in Rajasthan

Villages in Tonk district

Chokar Jat Gotra found in village: Niwai Rural (निवाई) in Niwai tahsil in Tonk district of Rajasthan.

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