About Bortara Village

Bortara is a mid sized village in Gurur tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,420, made up of 692 males and 728 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,052 females per 1000 males. The village covers 306.49 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491227, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bortara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bortara village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Durg
Tehsil	Gurur
Pincode	491227
Area (hectares)	306.49 hectares
Population	1,420
Male Population	692
Female Population	728
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,052
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bortara compares

By the 2011 count Bortara is the 40th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,152 residents. Its 306.49 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1022.

Getting to Bortara

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

Bortara lies about 57 km from Durg. 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 Bortara
Tehsil headquarters	Gurur	1.6 km
Nearest town	Dhamtari	15 km
District headquarters	Durg	57 km

Villages closest to Bortara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bortara village had a population of 1,420. That makes it the 40th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,152 residents.

Bortara village has 692 males and 728 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bortara has about 1052 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1022.

The pincode recorded for Bortara is 491227. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bortara covers 306.49 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bortara falls under Gurur tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Bortara notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within village for Bortara.

Bortara is about 57 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bortara is in Gurur tehsil of Durg district. Gurur is about 1.6 km away. Dhamtari is about 15 km away. Durg is about 57 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.