About Bortara Village

Bortara is a mid sized village in Nawagarh tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,646, made up of 826 males and 820 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 993 females per 1000 males. The village covers 491.28 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491337, 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	Nawagarh
Pincode	491337
Area (hectares)	491.28 hectares
Population	1,646
Male Population	826
Female Population	820
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	993
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bortara compares

By the 2011 count Bortara is the 24th largest of the 170 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 985 residents. Its 491.28 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 994.

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 10+ km distance. 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 101 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Belha, about 50 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 Bortara
Nearest town	Mungeli	9.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nawagarh	17 km
Nearest railway station	Belha	50 km
District headquarters	Durg	101 km

Villages closest to Bortara

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nawagarh 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 1,646. That makes it the 24th largest of the 170 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 985 residents.

Bortara village has 826 males and 820 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bortara has about 993 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 994.

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

Bortara covers 491.28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bortara falls under Nawagarh tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Bortara is Belha, about 50 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 10+ km distance for Bortara.

Bortara is about 101 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 Nawagarh tehsil of Durg district. Mungeli is about 9.3 km away. Nawagarh is about 17 km away. Belha is about 50 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.