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About Borkanda Village

Borkanda is a mid sized village in Jetpur Pavi tehsil, in the district of Vadodara, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,942, made up of 964 males and 978 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,015 females per 1000 males. The village covers 461.34 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 391160, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Borkanda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Borkanda village
Description Value
State Gujarat
District Vadodara
Tehsil Jetpur Pavi
Pincode 391160
Area (hectares) 461.34 hectares
Population 1,942
Male Population 964
Female Population 978
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,015
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Borkanda compares

By the 2011 count Borkanda is the 36th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,204 residents. Its 461.34 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 957.

Getting to Borkanda

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

Borkanda lies about under 2 km from Vadodara, and the nearest railway station is Pratapnagar, about 2.0 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 Borkanda
Tehsil headquarters Jetpur Pavi under 2 km
District headquarters Vadodara under 2 km
Nearest railway station Pratapnagar 2.0 km

Villages closest to Borkanda

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Jetpur Pavi 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 Borkanda

As per the Census of India 2011, Borkanda village had a population of 1,942. That makes it the 36th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,204 residents.

Borkanda village has 964 males and 978 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Borkanda has about 1015 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 957.

The pincode recorded for Borkanda is 391160. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Borkanda covers 461.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Borkanda falls under Jetpur Pavi tehsil of Vadodara district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Borkanda is Pratapnagar, about 2.0 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 5 - 10 km distance for Borkanda.

Borkanda is about under 2 km from Vadodara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Borkanda is in Jetpur Pavi tehsil of Vadodara district. Jetpur Pavi is about under 2 km away. Vadodara is about under 2 km away. Pratapnagar is about 2.0 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ambakhut (under 2 km), Ambazati (under 2 km) and Aniyadri (under 2 km).

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

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