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About Purbi Borgaon Village

Purbi Borgaon is a mid sized village in Farasgaon tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,297, made up of 614 males and 683 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,112 females per 1000 males. The village covers 253.86 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493889, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purbi Borgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purbi Borgaon village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bastar
Tehsil Farasgaon
Pincode 493889
Area (hectares) 253.86 hectares
Population 1,297
Male Population 614
Female Population 683
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,112
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Purbi Borgaon compares

By the 2011 count Purbi Borgaon is the 17th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 898 residents. Its 253.86 hectares work out to about 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1039.

Getting to Purbi Borgaon

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

Purbi 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 Purbi 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 Purbi 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 Purbi Borgaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Purbi Borgaon village had a population of 1,297. That makes it the 17th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 898 residents.

Purbi Borgaon village has 614 males and 683 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purbi Borgaon has about 1112 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1039.

The pincode recorded for Purbi Borgaon is 493889. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purbi Borgaon covers 253.86 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Purbi Borgaon falls under Farasgaon tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Purbi 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 Purbi Borgaon.

Purbi 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.

Purbi 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 Borgaon (under 2 km), Paschim 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 Purbi Borgaon today is likely to be higher.

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