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About Chafer Village

Chafer is a mid sized village in Patan tehsil, in the district of Satara, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 671, made up of 318 males and 353 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,110 females per 1000 males. The village covers 687.53 hectares hectares.

Chafer Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chafer village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Satara
Tehsil Patan
Area (hectares) 687.53 hectares
Population 671
Male Population 318
Female Population 353
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,110
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Chafer compares

By the 2011 count Chafer is the 159th largest of the 327 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 859 residents. Its 687.53 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1089.

Getting to Chafer

Chafer is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chafer 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. The nearest villages by name are Bondri, Bopoli, Boragewadi and Borgewadi. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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.

Common questions about Chafer

As per the Census of India 2011, Chafer village had a population of 671. That makes it the 159th largest of the 327 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 859 residents.

Chafer village has 318 males and 353 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chafer has about 1110 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1089.

Chafer covers 687.53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chafer falls under Patan tehsil of Satara district in Maharashtra.

The census record for Chafer notes the nearest railway station 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 Chafer.

Chafer is in Patan tehsil of Satara district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Chafer today is likely to be higher.

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