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About Borai Village

Borai is a mid sized village in Garhakota tehsil, in the district of Sagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,505, made up of 801 males and 704 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 879 females per 1000 males. The village covers 486.47 hectares hectares.

Borai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Borai village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Sagar
Tehsil Garhakota
Area (hectares) 486.47 hectares
Population 1,505
Male Population 801
Female Population 704
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 879
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 Borai compares

By the 2011 count Borai is the 21st largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 866 residents. Its 486.47 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 908.

Getting to Borai

Borai is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Borai 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 Borai from other places

Borai lies about 39 km from Sagar, and the nearest railway station is Ganeshganj, about 6.8 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 Borai
Nearest railway station Ganeshganj 6.8 km
Nearest town Patharia 8.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Garhakota 8.9 km
District headquarters Sagar 39 km

Villages closest to Borai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Borai village had a population of 1,505. That makes it the 21st largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 866 residents.

Borai village has 801 males and 704 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Borai has about 879 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 908.

Borai covers 486.47 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Borai falls under Garhakota tehsil of Sagar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Borai is Ganeshganj, about 6.8 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 Borai.

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

Borai is in Garhakota tehsil of Sagar district. Ganeshganj is about 6.8 km away. Patharia is about 8.4 km away. Garhakota is about 8.9 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chandrapura (2.1 km), Pahred (3.0 km) and Ratnari (3.5 km).

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

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