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About Borkheda Village

Borkheda is a mid sized village in Itarsi tehsil, in the district of Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,056, made up of 551 males and 505 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 917 females per 1000 males. The village covers 832.16 hectares hectares.

Borkheda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Borkheda village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Hoshangabad
Tehsil Itarsi
Area (hectares) 832.16 hectares
Population 1,056
Male Population 551
Female Population 505
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 917
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 Borkheda compares

By the 2011 count Borkheda is the 43rd largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,011 residents. Its 832.16 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, a little below the tehsil average of 939.

Getting to Borkheda

Borkheda is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Borkheda 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 Borkheda from other places

Borkheda lies about 40 km from Hoshangabad, and the nearest railway station is Kala-Akhar, about 5.5 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 Borkheda
Nearest railway station Kala-Akhar 5.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Itarsi 25 km
Nearest town Itārsi 25 km
District headquarters Hoshangabad 40 km

Villages closest to Borkheda

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 Borkheda

As per the Census of India 2011, Borkheda village had a population of 1,056. That makes it the 43rd largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,011 residents.

Borkheda village has 551 males and 505 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Borkheda has about 917 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 939.

Borkheda covers 832.16 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.

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

The nearest railway station to Borkheda is Kala-Akhar, about 5.5 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 Borkheda.

Borkheda is about 40 km from Hoshangabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Borkheda is in Itarsi tehsil of Hoshangabad district. Kala-Akhar is about 5.5 km away. Itarsi is about 25 km away. Itārsi is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kohda (3.1 km), Dodi (3.7 km) and Chipa Kheda (4.0 km).

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

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