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About Borlai Village

Borlai is a mid sized village in Manawar tehsil, in the district of Dhar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,979, made up of 980 males and 999 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,019 females per 1000 males. The village covers 781.3 hectares hectares.

Borlai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Borlai village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Dhar
Tehsil Manawar
Area (hectares) 781.3 hectares
Population 1,979
Male Population 980
Female Population 999
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,019
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Borlai compares

By the 2011 count Borlai is the 39th largest of the 193 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,422 residents. Its 781.3 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Borlai

Borlai is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Borlai as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Borlai from other places

Borlai lies about 69 km from Dhar, and the nearest railway station is Hathi gate station, about 18 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 Borlai
Nearest town Anjad 5.8 km
Nearest railway station Hathi gate station 18 km
Tehsil headquarters Manawar 24 km
District headquarters Dhar 69 km

Villages closest to Borlai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Borlai village had a population of 1,979. That makes it the 39th largest of the 193 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,422 residents.

Borlai village has 980 males and 999 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Borlai has about 1019 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 987.

Borlai covers 781.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Borlai falls under Manawar tehsil of Dhar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Borlai is Hathi gate station, about 18 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 10+ km distance for Borlai.

Borlai is about 69 km from Dhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Borlai is in Manawar tehsil of Dhar district. Anjad is about 5.8 km away. Hathi gate station is about 18 km away. Manawar is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Borli (under 2 km), Pipri (2.3 km) and Bajattakhurd (2.9 km).

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

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