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About Borgaon Village

Borgaon is a mid sized village in Farasgaon tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 794, made up of 535 males and 259 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 484 females per 1000 males. The village covers 427.28 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494331, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Borgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Borgaon village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bastar
Tehsil Farasgaon
Pincode 494331
Area (hectares) 427.28 hectares
Population 794
Male Population 535
Female Population 259
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 484
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Borgaon compares

By the 2011 count Borgaon is the 43rd largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 898 residents. Its 427.28 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1039.

Getting to Borgaon

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

Borgaon lies about 99 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Antagarh, about 47 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 Borgaon
Tehsil headquarters Farasgaon 20 km
Nearest town Kānker 28 km
Nearest railway station Antagarh 47 km
District headquarters Bastar 99 km

Villages closest to Borgaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Borgaon village had a population of 794. That makes it the 43rd largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 898 residents.

Borgaon village has 535 males and 259 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Borgaon has about 484 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1039.

The pincode recorded for Borgaon is 494331. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Borgaon covers 427.28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Borgaon falls under Farasgaon tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Borgaon is Antagarh, about 47 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 Borgaon.

Borgaon is about 99 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Borgaon is in Farasgaon tehsil of Bastar district. Farasgaon is about 20 km away. Kānker is about 28 km away. Antagarh is about 47 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Paschim Borgaon (under 2 km), Purbi Borgaon (under 2 km) and Jamgaon (4.9 km).

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

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