Chinchani

Chinchani
city
Chinchani Location in Maharashtra, India
Coordinates:
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
District	Thane
Elevation	9 m (30 ft)
Languages
• Official	Marathi
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)

Chinchani is a census town in Palghar district in the state of Maharashtra, India.

Geography

Chinchani is located at . 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 got one of the best natural, beautiful,and non-polluted sea-beach on the west coast.Incidentally there is a place in the province of Ayacucho, Peru with the same name Chinchani. This place is exactly on the other side of the globe and located 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 railway station is around 15 km from the town. Basically, a twin town of Chinchani-Tarapur which are seprated 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 India census, 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.

References

P.l.shroff college near the chinchani beach

File:Chinchani-Sch-Map.jpg

Schematic Map of Chinchani (In Marathi language)