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About Borrapalem Village

Borrapalem is a small village in Dumbriguda tehsil, in the district of Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 120, made up of 62 males and 58 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 935 females per 1000 males. The village covers 218 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 531151, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Borrapalem Overview

Census 2011 figures for Borrapalem village
Description Value
State Andhra Pradesh
District Visakhapatnam
Tehsil Dumbriguda
Pincode 531151
Area (hectares) 218 hectares
Population 120
Male Population 62
Female Population 58
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 935
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Borrapalem compares

By the 2011 count Borrapalem is the 74th largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 564 residents. Its 218 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1145.

Getting to Borrapalem

Borrapalem is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Borrapalem as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Borrapalem from other places

Borrapalem lies about 3.4 km from Dumbriguda, and the nearest railway station is Visakhapatnam, about under 2 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Borrapalem
Nearest railway station Visakhapatnam under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Dumbriguda 3.4 km
Nearest town Rasapūdipalem 3.4 km

Villages closest to Borrapalem

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dumbriguda tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Borrapalem

As per the Census of India 2011, Borrapalem village had a population of 120. That makes it the 74th largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 564 residents.

Borrapalem village has 62 males and 58 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Borrapalem has about 935 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1145.

The pincode recorded for Borrapalem is 531151. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Borrapalem covers 218 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Borrapalem falls under Dumbriguda tehsil of Visakhapatnam district in Andhra Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Borrapalem is Visakhapatnam, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Borrapalem.

Borrapalem is about 3.4 km from Dumbriguda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Borrapalem is in Dumbriguda tehsil of Visakhapatnam district. Visakhapatnam is about under 2 km away. Dumbriguda is about 3.4 km away. Rasapūdipalem is about 3.4 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Anjoda (10 km), Araku (10 km) and Arama (10 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Borrapalem today is likely to be higher.

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