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About Borikheda Village

Borikheda is a mid sized village in Chikhaldara tehsil, in the district of Amravati, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 516, made up of 266 males and 250 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 940 females per 1000 males. The village covers 362.72 hectares hectares.

Borikheda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Borikheda village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Amravati
Tehsil Chikhaldara
Area (hectares) 362.72 hectares
Population 516
Male Population 266
Female Population 250
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 940
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Borikheda compares

By the 2011 count Borikheda is the 89th largest of the 155 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 718 residents. Its 362.72 hectares work out to about 1.4 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 975.

Getting to Borikheda

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

Borikheda lies about 97 km from Amravati, and the nearest railway station is Dabka, about 31 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 Borikheda
Nearest railway station Dabka 31 km
Tehsil headquarters Chikhaldara 34 km
Nearest town Akot 41 km
District headquarters Amravati 97 km

Villages closest to Borikheda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Borikheda village had a population of 516. That makes it the 89th largest of the 155 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 718 residents.

Borikheda village has 266 males and 250 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Borikheda has about 940 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 975.

Borikheda covers 362.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Borikheda falls under Chikhaldara tehsil of Amravati district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Borikheda is Dabka, about 31 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Borikheda.

Borikheda is about 97 km from Amravati in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Borikheda is in Chikhaldara tehsil of Amravati district. Dabka is about 31 km away. Chikhaldara is about 34 km away. Akot is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhandum (3.6 km), Gadgabhandum (3.6 km) and Dabiya (3.9 km).

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

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