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About Borgaon Village

Borgaon is a small village in Kanker tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 315, made up of 144 males and 171 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,188 females per 1000 males. The village covers 288.41 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494661, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Borgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Borgaon village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil Kanker
Pincode 494661
Area (hectares) 288.41 hectares
Population 315
Male Population 144
Female Population 171
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,188
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Borgaon compares

By the 2011 count Borgaon is the 83rd largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 881 residents. Its 288.41 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1036.

Getting to Borgaon

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

Borgaon lies about 34 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Antagarh, about 44 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 Borgaon
Tehsil headquarters Kanker 11 km
Nearest town Kānker 11 km
District headquarters Uttar Bastar Kanker 34 km
Nearest railway station Antagarh 44 km

Villages closest to Borgaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Borgaon village had a population of 315. That makes it the 83rd largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 881 residents.

Borgaon village has 144 males and 171 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Borgaon has about 1188 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1036.

The pincode recorded for Borgaon is 494661. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Borgaon covers 288.41 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Borgaon falls under Kanker tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Borgaon is Antagarh, about 44 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 Borgaon.

Borgaon is about 34 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Borgaon is in Kanker tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Kanker is about 11 km away. Kānker is about 11 km away. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gobardhan (2.2 km), Komalpur (2.9 km) and Devkongera (3.8 km).

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

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