Chaukalshi

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Chaukalshi is an ethnic community of Maharashtra and Goa.{{cite book |last1=General |first1=India Office of the Registrar |title=Census of India, 1961: Maharashtra |date=1966 |publisher=Manager of Publications |pages=14, 15, 16, 58 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9cDUAAAAMAAJ&q=chaukalshi |accessdate=19 June 2018 |language=en}}{{cite book |date=1989 |pages=2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qHckAQAAMAAJ&q=chaukalshi |accessdate=19 June 2018|title=Survey Report on Village: Maharashtra. Agarsure }}http://www.ncbc.nic.in/Writereaddata/note31635297173742607492.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}

They are related to Panchkalshi community.[https://books.google.com/books?id=miD5YO05jpUC&dq=Pachkalshis&pg=PA42] The origin of Bombay

By Joseph Gerson Da CunhaGazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Kola'ba and Janjira, 1883[https://books.google.com/books?id=6jF4Q5jQWboC&dq=Pachkalshis&pg=PA289] Faces of Goa: a journey through the history and cultural revolution of Goa ...

By Karin LarsenBombay: the cities within They are one of the original tribes, who migrated to Bombay in 13th century AD with Yaduvanshi king, Raja Bhimdev. Community is widespread mostly across konkan region from Palghar district to Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra.

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.{{cite book |last1=Kannan |first1=Chirayil Thumbayil |title=Intercaste and Inter-community Marriages in India |date=1963 |publisher=Allied Publishers |pages=50 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YdAnAAAAYAAJ&q=chaukalshi+KSHATRIYA |accessdate=19 June 2018 |language=en}}