About Borikuwa Village

Borikuwa is a small village in Nizar tehsil, in the district of Tapi, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 454, made up of 226 males and 228 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,009 females per 1000 males. The village covers 179.53 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 394380, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Borikuwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Borikuwa village
Description	Value
State	Gujarat
District	Tapi
Tehsil	Nizar
Pincode	394380
Area (hectares)	179.53 hectares
Population	454
Male Population	226
Female Population	228
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,009
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Borikuwa compares

By the 2011 count Borikuwa is the 48th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,548 residents. Its 179.53 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1027.

Getting to Borikuwa

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

Borikuwa lies about 14 km from Tapi, and the nearest railway station is Dhekvad, about 25 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 Borikuwa
Tehsil headquarters	Nizar	14 km
District headquarters	Tapi	14 km
Nearest town	Taloda	19 km
Nearest railway station	Dhekvad	25 km

Villages closest to Borikuwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Borikuwa village had a population of 454. That makes it the 48th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,548 residents.

Borikuwa village has 226 males and 228 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Borikuwa has about 1009 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1027.

The pincode recorded for Borikuwa is 394380. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Borikuwa covers 179.53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Borikuwa falls under Nizar tehsil of Tapi district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Borikuwa is Dhekvad, about 25 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 within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Borikuwa.

Borikuwa is about 14 km from Tapi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Borikuwa is in Nizar tehsil of Tapi district. Nizar is about 14 km away. Tapi is about 14 km away. Taloda is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.