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About Botha Village

Botha is a mid sized village in Mahagaon tehsil, in the district of Yavatmal, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,185, made up of 623 males and 562 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 902 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1252 hectares hectares.

Botha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Botha village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Yavatmal
Tehsil Mahagaon
Area (hectares) 1252 hectares
Population 1,185
Male Population 623
Female Population 562
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 902
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Botha compares

By the 2011 count Botha is the 62nd largest of the 108 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,697 residents. Its 1252 hectares work out to about 0.9 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 939.

Getting to Botha

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

Botha lies about 11 km from Yavatmal, and the nearest railway station is Sant Gadge Baba Yavatmal Railway Station, about 6.1 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 Botha
Nearest railway station Sant Gadge Baba Yavatmal Railway Station 6.1 km
Nearest town Lohāra 7.9 km
District headquarters Yavatmal 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Mahagaon 19 km

Villages closest to Botha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Botha village had a population of 1,185. That makes it the 62nd largest of the 108 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,697 residents.

Botha village has 623 males and 562 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Botha has about 902 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 939.

Botha covers 1252 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.

Botha falls under Mahagaon tehsil of Yavatmal district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Botha is Sant Gadge Baba Yavatmal Railway Station, about 6.1 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 Botha.

Botha is about 11 km from Yavatmal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Botha is in Mahagaon tehsil of Yavatmal district. Sant Gadge Baba Yavatmal Railway Station is about 6.1 km away. Lohāra is about 7.9 km away. Yavatmal 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 Waruna (2.7 km), Hiwari (8.5 km) and Nandgavhan (10 km).

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

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