Jakhan, Gujarat

For namesakes, see Jakhan

Jakhan is a village and former Rajput princely state on the Saurashtra pensinsula, in Gujarat, western India.

The village is in Limbdi taluka, in the Limbdi constituency, in Surendranagar District.

History

The petty princely state was ruled by Rajput Chieftains. In 1901 it comprised only a single village, with a population of 441, yielding 2500 Rupees state revenue (1903-4, mostly from land), paying 288 Rupees tribute, to the British and Junagadh State.[1]

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