Chaukalshi

Chaukalshi is an ethnic community of Maharashtra and Goa.[1][2][3][4]

They are related to Panchkalshi community and are involved in occupation of Mali, carpenter, herdsman and also Prabhus. [5][6][7][8] They are one of the original tribes, who migrated to Bombay in 13th century AD with Yaduvanshi king, Raja Bhimdev.[5] Post independence of India, there were some efforts for unification of Chaukalshi & Panchkalshi tribes and a foundation named Kshatriya Parishad was founded in 1949 for the purpose.[3]

References
  1. General, India Office of the Registrar (1966). Census of India, 1961: Maharashtra. Manager of Publications. pp. 14, 15, 16, 58. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  2. Survey Report on Village: Maharashtra. Agarsure. 1989. p. 2. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  3. Kannan, Chirayil Thumbayil (1963). Intercaste and Inter-community Marriages in India. Allied Publishers. p. 50. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  5. The origin of Bombay By Joseph Gerson Da Cunha
  6. Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Kola'ba and Janjira, 1883
  7. Faces of Goa: a journey through the history and cultural revolution of Goa ... By Karin Larsen
  8. Bombay: the cities within
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