Chohtan is a village in Barmer district

Barmer district

Barmer is a district of Rajasthan state, India. Barmer is the district headquarters. Balotra, Guda Malani, Baytoo, Siwana, Jasol and Chohatan are other major towns.-Geography:...

 of Rajasthan

Rajasthan

Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...

 state. It is a tehsil

Tehsil

A Tehsil or Tahsil/Tahasil , also known as Taluk and Mandal, is an administrative division of some country/countries of South Asia....

 headquarter.

There are several temples in the area, including Viratra, Deri Dungar, and Sunya mata ka mandir.

Geography

Chohtan is surrounded by hills in east and north and by desert to the west and south. The village is located approximately 50 km from Barmer

Barmer, Rajasthan

Barmer is the headquarters of the Barmer district in the state of Rajasthan, India. It is a city and a municipality.-Origin of name:...

. It is connected via a road to Barmer. The village got the importance because of Pakistan border.

Theew are regular bus services from Chohtan to Barmer and Ahmedabad

Ahmedabad

Ahmedabad also known as Karnavati is the largest city in Gujarat, India. It is the former capital of Gujarat and is also the judicial capital of Gujarat as the Gujarat High Court has its seat in Ahmedabad...

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It is very near from Pakistan.It is 30 KM approx from Pakistan.
In history when fight was running then all villagers go to desert and keep a light then Pakistan's pilots was confused and they throw down the missiles but no casualty happened.

Demographics

According to the Indian Census 2001, the population of Chotan is 12,148, where male constituts 6,622 and female constitutes 5,526.