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About Borusarna Village

Borusarna is a small village in Shahpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 350, made up of 172 males and 178 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,035 females per 1000 males. The village covers 309.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176222, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Borusarna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Borusarna village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Shahpur
Pincode 176222
Area (hectares) 309.4 hectares
Population 350
Male Population 172
Female Population 178
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,035
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Borusarna compares

By the 2011 count Borusarna is the 68th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 451 residents. Its 309.4 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, much in line with the tehsil average of 1046.

Getting to Borusarna

Borusarna is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Borusarna as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Borusarna from other places

Borusarna lies about 16 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Kangra Mandir, about 17 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 Borusarna
Tehsil headquarters Shahpur 3.8 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 10 km
District headquarters Kangra 16 km
Nearest railway station Kangra Mandir 17 km

Villages closest to Borusarna

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Borusarna village had a population of 350. That makes it the 68th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 451 residents.

Borusarna village has 172 males and 178 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Borusarna has about 1035 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1046.

The pincode recorded for Borusarna is 176222. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Borusarna covers 309.4 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.

Borusarna falls under Shahpur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Borusarna is Kangra Mandir, about 17 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Borusarna.

Borusarna is about 16 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Borusarna is in Shahpur tehsil of Kangra district. Shahpur is about 3.8 km away. Dharamsala is about 10 km away. Kangra is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rihlu Khas (under 2 km), Chakban Tahal (under 2 km) and Tahal (under 2 km).

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

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