Chafet
Lanja block · Ratnagiri
district, Maharashtra · PIN 416712
· village code 565881
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 513 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 260 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
513
Male / female
261 / 252
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
966
Children aged 0–6
45
Literacy rate
68.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
298
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
82.2%
Households
117
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 10 km away
No
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 10 km away
No
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
No CSC
The village primary school
These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission
Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.
Students
25
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
13
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
156
Non-farm households
0
Share of households farming, 2020
100%
Net sown area
59 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
46 / 55 / 59
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Punas panchayat, Lanja zila parishad.
These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat
holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village
spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.
Opening balance
₹16.71 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹6.79 lakh
Received directly
₹8.27 lakh
Spent
₹18.90 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹12.87 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹10.27 lakh · received ₹2.47 lakh · spent ₹6.71 lakh · left ₹6.03 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹6.44 lakh · received ₹4.32 lakh · spent ₹12.19 lakh · left ₹6.84 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
16.8468, 73.5531 —
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