About Borja Village

Borja is a mid sized village in Bastanar tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 530, made up of 264 males and 266 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,008 females per 1000 males. The village covers 616.75 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494442, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Borja Overview

Census 2011 figures for Borja village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Bastanar
Pincode	494442
Area (hectares)	616.75 hectares
Population	530
Male Population	264
Female Population	266
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,008
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Borja compares

By the 2011 count Borja is the 23rd largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,144 residents. Its 616.75 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1096.

Getting to Borja

Borja is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Borja as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Borja from other places

Borja lies about 45 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Dabpal, about 11 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 Borja
Tehsil headquarters	Bastanar	3.8 km
Nearest railway station	Dabpal	11 km
District headquarters	Bastar	45 km
Nearest town	Bacheli	46 km

Villages closest to Borja

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

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Common questions about Borja

As per the Census of India 2011, Borja village had a population of 530. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,144 residents.

Borja village has 264 males and 266 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Borja has about 1008 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1096.

The pincode recorded for Borja is 494442. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Borja covers 616.75 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Borja falls under Bastanar tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Borja is Dabpal, about 11 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 and private bus service as Available within village for Borja.

Borja is about 45 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Borja is in Bastanar tehsil of Bastar district. Bastanar is about 3.8 km away. Dabpal is about 11 km away. Bastar is about 45 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.