Chas observes Ganeshotsav on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Maharashtra.
By population, Chas ranks #6 of 59 villages in Mokhada mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chas is a village of 2,609 people in 548 households (Census 2011) in Mokhada taluka, Palghar district, Maharashtra, the 6th-largest of 59 villages in Mokhada taluka. Literacy is 29%, 18 points below the taluka average of 47% and the sex ratio is 1,037 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 401604, served by Mokhada post office; the LGD village code is 551966. The sarpanch is PRIYANKA SANDIP GOVIND, and the village votes in Shirdi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Patil Vikhe Radhakrushna Eknathrao. The population is estimated at 3,076 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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