About Borghat Village

Borghat is a small village in Khliehriat tehsil, in the district of Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 281, made up of 145 males and 136 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 938 females per 1000 males. Its pincode is 793160, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Borghat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Borghat village
Description	Value
State	Meghalaya
District	Jaintia Hills
Tehsil	Khliehriat
Pincode	793160
Population	281
Male Population	145
Female Population	136
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	938
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Borghat compares

By the 2011 count Borghat is the 75th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 827 residents. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1002.

Getting to Borghat

Borghat is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Borghat as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Borghat from other places

Borghat lies about 26 km from Jaintia Hills, and the nearest railway station is Longai, about 36 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 Borghat
Tehsil headquarters	Khliehriat	26 km
District headquarters	Jaintia Hills	26 km
Nearest town	Jowai	31 km
Nearest railway station	Longai	36 km

Villages closest to Borghat

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

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Common questions about Borghat

As per the Census of India 2011, Borghat village had a population of 281. That makes it the 75th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 827 residents.

Borghat village has 145 males and 136 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Borghat has about 938 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1002.

The pincode recorded for Borghat is 793160. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Borghat falls under Khliehriat tehsil of Jaintia Hills district in Meghalaya.

The nearest railway station to Borghat is Longai, about 36 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 10+ km distance for Borghat.

Borghat is about 26 km from Jaintia Hills in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Borghat is in Khliehriat tehsil of Jaintia Hills district. Khliehriat is about 26 km away. Jaintia Hills is about 26 km away. Jowai is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.