About Borway Village

Borway is a mid sized village in Patan tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,249, made up of 643 males and 606 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 942 females per 1000 males. The village covers 487.06 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491223, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Borway Overview

Census 2011 figures for Borway village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Durg
Tehsil	Patan
Pincode	491223
Area (hectares)	487.06 hectares
Population	1,249
Male Population	643
Female Population	606
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	942
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Borway compares

By the 2011 count Borway is the 77th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,516 residents. Its 487.06 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Borway

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

Borway lies about 32 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Gundardehi, about 12 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 Borway
Nearest railway station	Gundardehi	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Patan	16 km
Nearest town	Dhamtari	29 km
District headquarters	Durg	32 km

Villages closest to Borway

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Borway village had a population of 1,249. That makes it the 77th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,516 residents.

Borway village has 643 males and 606 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Borway has about 942 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Borway is 491223. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Borway covers 487.06 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Borway falls under Patan tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Borway is Gundardehi, about 12 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 Borway.

Borway is about 32 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Borway is in Patan tehsil of Durg district. Gundardehi is about 12 km away. Patan is about 16 km away. Dhamtari is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.