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Chafe Population - Ratnagiri, Maharashtra

Chafe is a large village located in Ratnagiri Taluka of Ratnagiri district, Maharashtra with total 461 families residing. The Chafe village has population of 2074 of which 931 are males while 1143 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chafe village population of children with age 0-6 is 198 which makes up 9.55 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chafe village is 1228 which is higher than Maharashtra state average of 929. Child Sex Ratio for the Chafe as per census is 1020, higher than Maharashtra average of 894.

Chafe village has lower literacy rate compared to Maharashtra. In 2011, literacy rate of Chafe village was 71.75 % compared to 82.34 % of Maharashtra. In Chafe Male literacy stands at 84.87 % while female literacy rate was 61.27 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Chafe village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Chafe village.

Chafe Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 461 - -
Population 2,074 931 1,143
Child (0-6) 198 98 100
Schedule Caste 37 19 18
Schedule Tribe 8 2 6
Literacy 71.75 % 84.87 % 61.27 %
Total Workers 1,251 550 701
Main Worker 647 - -
Marginal Worker 604 150 454

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 1.78 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.39 % of total population in Chafe village.

Work Profile

In Chafe village out of total population, 1251 were engaged in work activities. 51.72 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 48.28 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1251 workers engaged in Main Work, 264 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 215 were Agricultural labourer.