About Chafekhol Village

Chafekhol is a mid sized village in Malwan tehsil, in the district of Sindhudurg, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 537, made up of 258 males and 279 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,081 females per 1000 males. The village covers 847.51 hectares hectares.

Chafekhol Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chafekhol village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Sindhudurg
Tehsil	Malwan
Area (hectares)	847.51 hectares
Population	537
Male Population	258
Female Population	279
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,081
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chafekhol compares

By the 2011 count Chafekhol is the 66th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 699 residents. Its 847.51 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1067.

Getting to Chafekhol

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

Chafekhol lies about 13 km from Malwan, and the nearest railway station is Sindhudurg, about 12 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 Chafekhol
Nearest railway station	Sindhudurg	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Malwan	13 km
Nearest town	Sāvantvādi	37 km

Villages closest to Chafekhol

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chafekhol village had a population of 537. That makes it the 66th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 699 residents.

Chafekhol village has 258 males and 279 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chafekhol has about 1081 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1067.

Chafekhol covers 847.51 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chafekhol falls under Malwan tehsil of Sindhudurg district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Chafekhol is Sindhudurg, about 12 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 Chafekhol.

Chafekhol is about 13 km from Malwan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chafekhol is in Malwan tehsil of Sindhudurg district. Sindhudurg is about 12 km away. Malwan is about 13 km away. Sāvantvādi is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.