About Borikalan Village

Borikalan is a mid sized village in Lanji tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 840, made up of 419 males and 421 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,005 females per 1000 males. The village covers 223.97 hectares hectares.

Borikalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Borikalan village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Balaghat
Tehsil	Lanji
Area (hectares)	223.97 hectares
Population	840
Male Population	419
Female Population	421
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,005
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Borikalan compares

By the 2011 count Borikalan is the 81st largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,339 residents. Its 223.97 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Borikalan

Borikalan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Borikalan as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Borikalan from other places

Borikalan lies about 51 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Amgaon, about 16 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 Borikalan
Tehsil headquarters	Lanji	7.0 km
Nearest railway station	Amgaon	16 km
Nearest town	Gondiā	31 km
District headquarters	Balaghat	51 km

Villages closest to Borikalan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Borikalan village had a population of 840. That makes it the 81st largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,339 residents.

Borikalan village has 419 males and 421 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Borikalan has about 1005 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1013.

Borikalan covers 223.97 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Borikalan falls under Lanji tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Borikalan is Amgaon, about 16 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Borikalan.

Borikalan is about 51 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Borikalan is in Lanji tehsil of Balaghat district. Lanji is about 7.0 km away. Amgaon is about 16 km away. Gondiā is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.