About Chafavade Village

Chafavade is a mid sized village in Ajra tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,011, made up of 498 males and 513 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,030 females per 1000 males. The village covers 520 hectares hectares.

Chafavade Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chafavade village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Kolhapur
Tehsil	Ajra
Area (hectares)	520 hectares
Population	1,011
Male Population	498
Female Population	513
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,030
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chafavade compares

By the 2011 count Chafavade is the 40th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,062 residents. Its 520 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1117.

Getting to Chafavade

Chafavade is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chafavade as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chafavade from other places

Chafavade lies about 71 km from Kolhapur, and the nearest railway station is Belagavi, about 38 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Chafavade
Tehsil headquarters	Ajra	6.6 km
Nearest town	Gadhinglaj	22 km
Nearest railway station	Belagavi	38 km
District headquarters	Kolhapur	71 km

Villages closest to Chafavade

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Ajra tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Chafavade

As per the Census of India 2011, Chafavade village had a population of 1,011. That makes it the 40th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,062 residents.

Chafavade village has 498 males and 513 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chafavade has about 1030 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1117.

Chafavade covers 520 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chafavade falls under Ajra tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Chafavade is Belagavi, about 38 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Chafavade.

Chafavade is about 71 km from Kolhapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chafavade is in Ajra tehsil of Kolhapur district. Ajra is about 6.6 km away. Gadhinglaj is about 22 km away. Belagavi is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.