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About Borkheda Village

Borkheda is a large village in Piploda tehsil, in the district of Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,433, made up of 1,224 males and 1,209 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 988 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1168.73 hectares hectares.

Borkheda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Borkheda village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Ratlam
Tehsil Piploda
Area (hectares) 1168.73 hectares
Population 2,433
Male Population 1,224
Female Population 1,209
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 988
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Borkheda compares

By the 2011 count Borkheda is the 15th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,445 residents. Its 1168.73 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 973.

Getting to Borkheda

Borkheda is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Borkheda 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 Borkheda from other places

Borkheda lies about 29 km from Ratlam, and the nearest railway station is Barayla Chaurasi, about 8.6 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 Borkheda
Tehsil headquarters Piploda 7.9 km
Nearest railway station Barayla Chaurasi 8.6 km
Nearest town Jaora 13 km
District headquarters Ratlam 29 km

Villages closest to Borkheda

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Piploda 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 2,433. That makes it the 15th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,445 residents.

Borkheda village has 1,224 males and 1,209 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Borkheda has about 988 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 973.

Borkheda covers 1168.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Borkheda falls under Piploda tehsil of Ratlam district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Borkheda is Barayla Chaurasi, about 8.6 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Borkheda.

Borkheda is about 29 km from Ratlam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Borkheda is in Piploda tehsil of Ratlam district. Piploda is about 7.9 km away. Barayla Chaurasi is about 8.6 km away. Jaora is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ajampur Dodiya (2.3 km), Uparwada (2.5 km) and Badyala Mata (3.0 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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