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About Bortalai Village

Bortalai is a mid sized village in Itarsi tehsil, in the district of Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,132, made up of 581 males and 551 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 948 females per 1000 males. The village covers 855.41 hectares hectares.

Bortalai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bortalai village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Hoshangabad
Tehsil Itarsi
Area (hectares) 855.41 hectares
Population 1,132
Male Population 581
Female Population 551
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 948
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Bortalai compares

By the 2011 count Bortalai is the 40th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,011 residents. Its 855.41 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 939.

Getting to Bortalai

The census records public bus service for Bortalai as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Bortalai from other places

Bortalai lies about 14 km from Hoshangabad, and the nearest railway station is Itarsi Junction, about 3.2 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 Bortalai
Tehsil headquarters Itarsi 2.5 km
Nearest town Itārsi 2.5 km
Nearest railway station Itarsi Junction 3.2 km
District headquarters Hoshangabad 14 km

Villages closest to Bortalai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bortalai village had a population of 1,132. That makes it the 40th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,011 residents.

Bortalai village has 581 males and 551 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bortalai has about 948 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 939.

Bortalai covers 855.41 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bortalai falls under Itarsi tehsil of Hoshangabad district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Bortalai is Itarsi Junction, about 3.2 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Bortalai.

Bortalai is about 14 km from Hoshangabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bortalai is in Itarsi tehsil of Hoshangabad district. Itarsi is about 2.5 km away. Itārsi is about 2.5 km away. Itarsi Junction is about 3.2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Meharagaon (2.4 km), Ghughwasa (2.7 km) and Sonasawari (2.8 km).

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

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