By population, Vafe ranks #3 of 222 villages in Shahapur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Vafe is a village of 3,760 people in 804 households (Census 2011) in Shahapur taluka, Thane district, Maharashtra, the 3rd-largest of 222 villages in Shahapur taluka. Literacy is 78%, 15 points above the taluka average of 63% and the sex ratio is 956 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 421601, served by Shahapur (Thane) post office; the LGD village code is 552876. The village votes in Vaijapur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Bornare (Sir) Ramesh Nanasaheb. The population is estimated at 4,433 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Vafe →
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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