About Bortalab Village

Bortalab is a large village in Dongargarh tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,926, made up of 1,444 males and 1,482 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,026 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1277.89 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491445, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bortalab Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bortalab village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Rajnandgaon
Tehsil	Dongargarh
Pincode	491445
Area (hectares)	1277.89 hectares
Population	2,926
Male Population	1,444
Female Population	1,482
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,026
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Bortalab compares

By the 2011 count Bortalab is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 961 residents. Its 1277.89 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1017.

Getting to Bortalab

Bortalab is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Bortalab as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Bortalab from other places

Bortalab lies about 44 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Bortalao, about under 2 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 Bortalab
Nearest railway station	Bortalao	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dongargarh	14 km
District headquarters	Rajnandgaon	44 km

Villages closest to Bortalab

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bortalab village had a population of 2,926. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 961 residents.

Bortalab village has 1,444 males and 1,482 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bortalab has about 1026 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1017.

The pincode recorded for Bortalab is 491445. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bortalab covers 1277.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bortalab falls under Dongargarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Bortalab is Bortalao, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Bortalab is about 44 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bortalab is in Dongargarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Bortalao is about under 2 km away. Dongargarh is about 14 km away. Rajnandgaon is about 44 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.