# Bortara Village, Gurur, Durg (Chhattisgarh) – PIN Code

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Village · Gurur, Durg 

# Bortara

Bortara is a village in Gurur sub-district of Durg district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **491227**. The 2011 Census counted **1,420 people in 309 households**, the 40th largest of 121 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 81.2%.

- 1,420people (2011)
- 309households
- 80.8%literacy
- 491227PIN code

## Bortara PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Bortara is 491227.** Bortara falls in Gurur sub-district, Durg district, Chhattisgarh.

- PIN code491227
- Gram panchayatBortara
- Community development blockGurur
- Census village code443399

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Bortara from nearby towns?

- Gurur (sub-district HQ)1 km by road
- Durg (district HQ)80 km by road
- Gurur (nearest town)1 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Bortara?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Bortara; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Gurur
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Gurur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Balod
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watercovered wells, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)24 h summer · 18 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Bortara known for?

The main crops are **paddy, gram and wheat**. About 83% of the 306 hectares of village land is sown, and 195 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Bortara

Of every 100 households in Bortara in 2011, 87 had electricity, 24 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 13 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Bortara · ■ Gurur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****87%**

**90%

Toilet within the home ****24%**

**26%

No toilet (open defecation) ****76%**

**74%

Tap water ****1%**

**45%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**19%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**97%

Use banking services ****24%**

**65%

Television ****30%**

**42%

Mobile phone ****13%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**20%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****23%**

**16%

Own their home ****94%**

**95%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Bortara?

■ Bortara · ■ Gurur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.8%**

**81.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1052**

**1012

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****929**

**960

Working population ****45.0%**

**52.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.8% for men and 72.4% for women. 55% of men and 36% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 221 (35%) · **■** Farm labourers 260 (41%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 119 (19%) · **■** Marginal 36 (6%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Gurur

- Dadhari1,582 people
- Tengna1,540 people
- Balodgahan1,538 people
- Ramtara1,477 people
- Darra1,415 people
- Jewartala1,400 people
- Kanharpuri1,387 people
- Chhediya1,356 people

[All 121 villages in Gurur](https://wherepedia.org/india/chhattisgarh/durg/gurur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Bortara?491227
- How far is Bortara from Durg?80 km by road
- What is the population of Bortara?1,420 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bortara in?Durg district (Gurur sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Bortara?80.8% (Census 2011)