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About Borbet Village

Borbet is a mid sized village in Bavda tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 645, made up of 340 males and 305 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 897 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1629.11 hectares hectares.

Borbet Overview

Census 2011 figures for Borbet village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Kolhapur
Tehsil Bavda
Area (hectares) 1629.11 hectares
Population 645
Male Population 340
Female Population 305
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 897
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Borbet compares

By the 2011 count Borbet is the 25th largest of the 45 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 795 residents. Its 1629.11 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 930.

Getting to Borbet

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

Borbet lies about 40 km from Kolhapur, and the nearest railway station is Achirne, about 18 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 Borbet
Tehsil headquarters Bavda 7.9 km
Nearest railway station Achirne 18 km
Nearest town Pachgaon 38 km
District headquarters Kolhapur 40 km

Villages closest to Borbet

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Borbet village had a population of 645. That makes it the 25th largest of the 45 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 795 residents.

Borbet village has 340 males and 305 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Borbet has about 897 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 930.

Borbet covers 1629.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Borbet falls under Bavda tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Borbet is Achirne, about 18 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 Borbet.

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

Borbet is in Bavda tehsil of Kolhapur district. Bavda is about 7.9 km away. Achirne is about 18 km away. Pachgaon is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Garivade (2.8 km), Lakhamapur (3.4 km) and Katali (4.4 km).

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

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