About Chafal Village

Chafal is a large village in Patan tehsil, in the district of Satara, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,978, made up of 1,480 males and 1,498 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,012 females per 1000 males. The village covers 778 hectares hectares.

Chafal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chafal village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Satara
Tehsil	Patan
Area (hectares)	778 hectares
Population	2,978
Male Population	1,480
Female Population	1,498
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,012
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chafal compares

By the 2011 count Chafal is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 859 residents. Its 778 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1089.

Getting to Chafal

Chafal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chafal as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Chafal from other places

Chafal lies about 32 km from Satara, and the nearest railway station is Masur, about 13 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 Chafal
Tehsil headquarters	Patan	13 km
Nearest railway station	Masur	13 km
Nearest town	Karād	21 km
District headquarters	Satara	32 km

Villages closest to Chafal

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Patan 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 Chafal

As per the Census of India 2011, Chafal village had a population of 2,978. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 859 residents.

Chafal village has 1,480 males and 1,498 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chafal has about 1012 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1089.

Chafal covers 778 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chafal falls under Patan tehsil of Satara district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Chafal is Masur, about 13 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 10+ km distance for Chafal.

Chafal is about 32 km from Satara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chafal is in Patan tehsil of Satara district. Patan is about 13 km away. Masur is about 13 km away. Karād is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.