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About Borawas Village

Borawas is a mid sized village in Pachpadra tehsil, in the district of Barmer, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,398, made up of 736 males and 662 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 899 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2689 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 344022, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Borawas Overview

Census 2011 figures for Borawas village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Barmer
Tehsil Pachpadra
Pincode 344022
Area (hectares) 2689 hectares
Population 1,398
Male Population 736
Female Population 662
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 899
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Borawas compares

By the 2011 count Borawas is the 65th largest of the 276 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,261 residents. Its 2689 hectares work out to about 0.5 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 917.

Getting to Borawas

Borawas is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Borawas as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Borawas from other places

Borawas lies about 73 km from Barmer, and the nearest railway station is Tilwara, about under 2 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 Borawas
Nearest railway station Tilwara under 2 km
Nearest town Balotra 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Pachpadra 15 km
District headquarters Barmer 73 km

Villages closest to Borawas

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Borawas village had a population of 1,398. That makes it the 65th largest of the 276 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,261 residents.

Borawas village has 736 males and 662 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Borawas has about 899 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 917.

The pincode recorded for Borawas is 344022. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Borawas covers 2689 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Borawas falls under Pachpadra tehsil of Barmer district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Borawas is Tilwara, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Borawas.

Borawas is about 73 km from Barmer in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Borawas is in Pachpadra tehsil of Barmer district. Tilwara is about under 2 km away. Balotra is about 15 km away. Pachpadra is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Tilwara (3.1 km), Bagundi (6.7 km) and Bhakhri Khera (7.1 km).

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

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