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About Borgaon Village

Borgaon is a mid sized village in Kondagaon tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 737, made up of 339 males and 398 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,174 females per 1000 males. The village covers 537.28 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491337, 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 Kondagaon
Pincode 491337
Area (hectares) 537.28 hectares
Population 737
Male Population 339
Female Population 398
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,174
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 74th largest of the 179 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 927 residents. Its 537.28 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1046.

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 35 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Jagdalpur, about 51 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 Kondagaon 28 km
District headquarters Bastar 35 km
Nearest railway station Jagdalpur 51 km

Villages closest to Borgaon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kondagaon 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 737. That makes it the 74th largest of the 179 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 927 residents.

Borgaon village has 339 males and 398 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Borgaon has about 1174 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1046.

The pincode recorded for Borgaon is 491337. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Borgaon covers 537.28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Borgaon falls under Kondagaon tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Borgaon is Jagdalpur, about 51 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 35 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 Kondagaon tehsil of Bastar district. Kondagaon is about 28 km away. Bastar is about 35 km away. Jagdalpur is about 51 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pusawand (15 km), Bhogadi (15 km) and Badeusari (15 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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