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Chinchani is a Census Town in the Dahanu Taluka of Palghar District of Maharashtra, India.

Chinchani
Village
Chinchani Location in Maharashtra, India
Coordinates: 19.8835°N 72.6876°E / 19.8835; 72.6876
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
District	Palghar
Government
• Type	Gram Panchayat
Elevation	9 m (30 ft)
Population  (2001)
• Total	13,435
Languages
• Official	Marathi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	401503
ISO 3166 code	IN-MH
Vehicle registration	MH
Website	maharashtra.gov.in

Geography

Chinchani is located at 19.87°N 72.7°E / 19.87; 72.7.[1] It has an average elevation of 9 metres (29 feet). It is well connected by roads and nearby railway station. Also it is the important center of education and commercial activities in the region. Chinchani has a beach on the west coast. There is a place in the province of Ayacucho, Peru with the same name, located on the other side of the globe at latitude. -14.390833300000001°, longitude. -73.878333299999994°.

Vangaon railway station serves as a primary railway station around 8 km away. Boisar railway station is around 10 km, while Dahanu Road railway station is around 15 km from the town. Basically, a twin town of Chinchani-Tarapur which are separated geographical by border of Dahanu & Palghar talukas, where Chinchani come under Dahanu taluka & Tarapur in Palghar. Thus it enjoys good road connectivity with both the big towns as well as Boisar.Regular ST buses (state transport) & also Auto rickshaws ply to this nearby big towns.

Demographics

As of 2001^[update] India census,[2] Chinchani had a population of around 13,435. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Chinchani has an average literacy rate of 79%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 83% and female literacy of 75%. 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Among minority languages, Gujarati is spoken by 26.80% of the population.[3]

References

P.l.shroff college near the chinchani beach

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