About Borkanhar Village

Borkanhar is a small village in Manpur tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 174, made up of 91 males and 83 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 912 females per 1000 males. The village covers 114.54 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491229, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Borkanhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Borkanhar village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Rajnandgaon
Tehsil	Manpur
Pincode	491229
Area (hectares)	114.54 hectares
Population	174
Male Population	91
Female Population	83
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	912
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Borkanhar compares

By the 2011 count Borkanhar is the 130th largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 528 residents. Its 114.54 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1025.

Getting to Borkanhar

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

Borkanhar lies about 98 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Bhanupratappur, about 36 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 Borkanhar
Tehsil headquarters	Manpur	13 km
Nearest railway station	Bhanupratappur	36 km
Nearest town	Dalli Rājhara	52 km
District headquarters	Rajnandgaon	98 km

Villages closest to Borkanhar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Borkanhar village had a population of 174. That makes it the 130th largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 528 residents.

Borkanhar village has 91 males and 83 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Borkanhar has about 912 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1025.

The pincode recorded for Borkanhar is 491229. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Borkanhar covers 114.54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Borkanhar falls under Manpur tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Borkanhar is Bhanupratappur, about 36 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 Borkanhar.

Borkanhar is about 98 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Borkanhar is in Manpur tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Manpur is about 13 km away. Bhanupratappur is about 36 km away. Dalli Rājhara is about 52 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.