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About Borkunda Village

Borkunda is a mid sized village in Seoni Malwa tehsil, in the district of Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 567, made up of 288 males and 279 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 969 females per 1000 males. The village covers 607.73 hectares hectares.

Borkunda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Borkunda village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Hoshangabad
Tehsil Seoni Malwa
Area (hectares) 607.73 hectares
Population 567
Male Population 288
Female Population 279
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 969
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Borkunda compares

By the 2011 count Borkunda is the 113th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 894 residents. Its 607.73 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 915.

Getting to Borkunda

Borkunda is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Borkunda as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Borkunda from other places

Borkunda lies about 39 km from Hoshangabad, and the nearest railway station is Dharamkundi, about 9.6 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 Borkunda
Nearest railway station Dharamkundi 9.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Seoni Malwa 11 km
Nearest town Seoni Mālwa 11 km
District headquarters Hoshangabad 39 km

Villages closest to Borkunda

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Seoni Malwa 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 Borkunda

As per the Census of India 2011, Borkunda village had a population of 567. That makes it the 113th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 894 residents.

Borkunda village has 288 males and 279 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Borkunda has about 969 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 915.

Borkunda covers 607.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Borkunda falls under Seoni Malwa tehsil of Hoshangabad district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Borkunda is Dharamkundi, about 9.6 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Borkunda.

Borkunda is about 39 km from Hoshangabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Borkunda is in Seoni Malwa tehsil of Hoshangabad district. Dharamkundi is about 9.6 km away. Seoni Malwa is about 11 km away. Seoni Mālwa is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Batki Alias Iklani (1.9 km), Bandi (2.6 km) and Barhanpura (2.6 km).

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

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