Chahkan is a village located at a distance of 18kilometres from to Tank road. It is the main station of union council chahkan. This village was first developed by Sahi caste in later 15th century. The sahis came from Afghanistan and started to live near . After some time they killed a person in Gomal Kalan and the Govt. of that time decided to settle them in the place now called Chahkan to prevent the clash between two tribes. Chahkan is the combination of two Persian words Chah meaning water and kan meaning well. The area where Chahkan village is situated was abundant in water and the people dig wells for water. Hence the place is now called chahkan. The native language of the people of chahkan is and chahkan is also known as KHOEYAN which mean chahkan. The Kochi pawandgans caste rename