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About Boral Village

Boral is a mid sized village in Homnabad tehsil, in the district of Bidar, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,974, made up of 1,042 males and 932 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 894 females per 1000 males. The village covers 649.54 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585227, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Boral Overview

Census 2011 figures for Boral village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Bidar
Tehsil Homnabad
Pincode 585227
Area (hectares) 649.54 hectares
Population 1,974
Male Population 1,042
Female Population 932
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 894
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Boral compares

By the 2011 count Boral is the 52nd largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 3,188 residents. Its 649.54 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 967.

Getting to Boral

Boral is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Boral as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Boral from other places

Boral lies about 26 km from Bidar, and the nearest railway station is Hallikhed, 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 Boral
Nearest town Chitaguppa 16 km
Nearest railway station Hallikhed 17 km
Tehsil headquarters Homnabad 26 km
District headquarters Bidar 26 km

Villages closest to Boral

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Boral village had a population of 1,974. That makes it the 52nd largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,188 residents.

Boral village has 1,042 males and 932 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Boral has about 894 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 967.

The pincode recorded for Boral is 585227. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Boral covers 649.54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Boral falls under Homnabad tehsil of Bidar district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Boral is Hallikhed, about 17 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Boral.

Boral is about 26 km from Bidar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Boral is in Homnabad tehsil of Bidar district. Chitaguppa is about 16 km away. Hallikhed is about 17 km away. Homnabad is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nagankera (5.7 km), Bashirapur (6.4 km) and Nirna (6.7 km).

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

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