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About Borwa Village

Borwa is a mid sized village in Ghanshyampur tehsil, in the district of Darbhanga, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,218, made up of 658 males and 560 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 851 females per 1000 males. The village covers 61.08 hectares hectares.

Borwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Borwa village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Darbhanga
Tehsil Ghanshyampur
Area (hectares) 61.08 hectares
Population 1,218
Male Population 658
Female Population 560
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 851
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Borwa compares

By the 2011 count Borwa is the 20th largest of the 27 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 4,934 residents. Its 61.08 hectares work out to about 20 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 915.

Getting to Borwa

The census records public bus service for Borwa as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Borwa from other places

Borwa lies about 28 km from Darbhanga, and the nearest railway station is Biraul, about 16 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 Borwa
Nearest town Benipur 14 km
Nearest railway station Biraul 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Ghanshyampur 28 km
District headquarters Darbhanga 28 km

Villages closest to Borwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Borwa village had a population of 1,218. That makes it the 20th largest of the 27 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 4,934 residents.

Borwa village has 658 males and 560 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Borwa has about 851 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 915.

Borwa covers 61.08 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 20 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Borwa falls under Ghanshyampur tehsil of Darbhanga district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Borwa is Biraul, about 16 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 <5 km distance for Borwa.

Borwa is about 28 km from Darbhanga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Borwa is in Ghanshyampur tehsil of Darbhanga district. Benipur is about 14 km away. Biraul is about 16 km away. Ghanshyampur is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chharapatti (4.4 km), Baswara (11 km) and Pohadi (13 km).

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

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