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About Borla Village

Borla is a small village in Khairagarh tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 152, made up of 87 males and 65 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 747 females per 1000 males. The village covers 239.15 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491881, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Borla Overview

Census 2011 figures for Borla village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Rajnandgaon
Tehsil Khairagarh
Pincode 491881
Area (hectares) 239.15 hectares
Population 152
Male Population 87
Female Population 65
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 747
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Borla compares

By the 2011 count Borla is the 199th largest of the 212 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 779 residents. Its 239.15 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1027.

Getting to Borla

Borla is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Borla as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Borla from other places

Borla lies about 39 km from Rajnandgaon. 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 Borla
Nearest town Dongargarh 19 km
Tehsil headquarters Khairagarh 22 km
District headquarters Rajnandgaon 39 km

Villages closest to Borla

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Borla village had a population of 152. That makes it the 199th largest of the 212 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 779 residents.

Borla village has 87 males and 65 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Borla has about 747 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1027.

The pincode recorded for Borla is 491881. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Borla covers 239.15 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Borla falls under Khairagarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Borla 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 5 - 10 km distance for Borla.

Borla is about 39 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Borla is in Khairagarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Dongargarh is about 19 km away. Khairagarh is about 22 km away. Rajnandgaon is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mauhadhar (2.1 km), Dalli Kholi (3.3 km) and Lachhna (3.3 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Borla today is likely to be higher.

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