About Chafed Village

Chafed is a mid sized village in Devgad tehsil, in the district of Sindhudurg, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 629, made up of 311 males and 318 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,023 females per 1000 males. The village covers 536.06 hectares hectares.

Chafed Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chafed village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Sindhudurg
Tehsil	Devgad
Area (hectares)	536.06 hectares
Population	629
Male Population	311
Female Population	318
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,023
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chafed compares

By the 2011 count Chafed is the 72nd largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,234 residents. Its 536.06 hectares work out to about 1.2 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 1073.

Getting to Chafed

Chafed is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chafed 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. The nearest villages by name are Bagamala, Bagatalavade, Bandegaon and Baparde. 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.

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Common questions about Chafed

As per the Census of India 2011, Chafed village had a population of 629. That makes it the 72nd largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,234 residents.

Chafed village has 311 males and 318 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chafed has about 1023 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1073.

Chafed covers 536.06 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chafed falls under Devgad tehsil of Sindhudurg district in Maharashtra.

The census record for Chafed 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 5 - 10 km distance for Chafed.

Chafed is in Devgad tehsil of Sindhudurg 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.