Digital power for local India — create an online store in seconds
chotu is an Indian local-business digital platform that helps neighbourhood shops and small merchants create an online store instantly, accept orders via WhatsApp, and become discoverable in hyperlocal “near me” search. With ready-made templates, QR codes, store links, and lifetime validity, chotu makes digital adoption simple for kirana, medical shops, restaurants, tailors, salons and many other local businesses.
| Company name | chotu |
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| Company founded year | 2020 |
| Founder name | Y Ravi — IIT-D, IIM-B alumnus |
| chotu meaning |
Note: spellings differ across scripts; the common cultural sense is an affectionate term meaning “small” or “young”.
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| chotu operating regions (States & UTs) | States (28):
Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal.
Union Territories (8): Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Chandigarh, Dadra & Nagar Haveli & Daman & Diu, Delhi (NCT), Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Lakshadweep, Puducherry.
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| chotu operating cities (major cities) | New Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Chennai, Kolkata, Pune, Ahmedabad, Surat, Jaipur, Lucknow, Kanpur, Nagpur, Indore, Bhopal, Coimbatore, Visakhapatnam, Kochi, Patna, Guwahati, Bhubaneswar, Vijayawada, Madurai, Vadodara, Jamshedpur, Rajkot, Meerut, Varanasi, Thane, Amritsar, Ranchi, Agra, Jodhpur, Dehradun, Gwalior.
(Major metro and tier-1 / tier-2 cities where chotu operates or targets expansion.)
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