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About Borgaon Village

Borgaon is a small village in Garud tehsil, in the district of Bageshwar, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 37, made up of 20 males and 17 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 850 females per 1000 males. The village covers 18.15 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 263641, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Borgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Borgaon village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Bageshwar
Tehsil Garud
Pincode 263641
Area (hectares) 18.15 hectares
Population 37
Male Population 20
Female Population 17
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 850
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Borgaon compares

By the 2011 count Borgaon is the 175th largest of the 187 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 367 residents. Its 18.15 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1174.

Getting to Borgaon

Borgaon is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Borgaon as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Borgaon from other places

Borgaon lies about 2.3 km from Bageshwar, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 65 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 Borgaon
Tehsil headquarters Garud 2.3 km
District headquarters Bageshwar 2.3 km
Nearest town Almora 27 km
Nearest railway station Kathgodam 65 km

Villages closest to Borgaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Borgaon village had a population of 37. That makes it the 175th largest of the 187 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 367 residents.

Borgaon village has 20 males and 17 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Borgaon has about 850 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1174.

The pincode recorded for Borgaon is 263641. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Borgaon covers 18.15 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Borgaon falls under Garud tehsil of Bageshwar district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Borgaon is Kathgodam, about 65 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Borgaon.

Borgaon is about 2.3 km from Bageshwar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Borgaon is in Garud tehsil of Bageshwar district. Garud is about 2.3 km away. Bageshwar is about 2.3 km away. Almora is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Baret (under 2 km), Ratora (2.8 km) and Parigaon (4.0 km).

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

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