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About Borakhowa Village

Borakhowa is a mid sized village in Nazira tehsil, in the district of Sivasagar, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 806, made up of 404 males and 402 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 995 females per 1000 males. The village covers 193.42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 785685, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Borakhowa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Borakhowa village
Description Value
State Assam
District Sivasagar
Tehsil Nazira
Pincode 785685
Area (hectares) 193.42 hectares
Population 806
Male Population 404
Female Population 402
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 995
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Borakhowa compares

By the 2011 count Borakhowa is the 79th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,455 residents. Its 193.42 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 950.

Getting to Borakhowa

Borakhowa is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Borakhowa as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Borakhowa from other places

Borakhowa lies about 1.9 km from Sivasagar, and the nearest railway station is Simaluguri Junction, 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 Borakhowa
Nearest railway station Simaluguri Junction under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Nazira 1.9 km
District headquarters Sivasagar 1.9 km
Nearest town Sibsāgar 13 km

Villages closest to Borakhowa

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nazira 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 Borakhowa

As per the Census of India 2011, Borakhowa village had a population of 806. That makes it the 79th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,455 residents.

Borakhowa village has 404 males and 402 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Borakhowa has about 995 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 950.

The pincode recorded for Borakhowa is 785685. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Borakhowa covers 193.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Borakhowa falls under Nazira tehsil of Sivasagar district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Borakhowa is Simaluguri Junction, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

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

Borakhowa is about 1.9 km from Sivasagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Borakhowa is in Nazira tehsil of Sivasagar district. Simaluguri Junction is about under 2 km away. Nazira is about 1.9 km away. Sivasagar is about 1.9 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Niz Nazira (1.9 km), Changdhora (5.5 km) and Miri Gaon (7.5 km).

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

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