# Borgaon Village, Kanker, Uttar Bastar Kanker (Chhattisgarh)

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Village · Kanker, Uttar Bastar Kanker 

# Borgaon

Borgaon is a village in Kanker sub-district of Uttar Bastar Kanker district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **494661**. The 2011 Census counted **315 people in 61 households**, the 86th largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 72.5%.

- 315people (2011)
- 61households
- 67.5%literacy
- 494661PIN code

## Borgaon PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Borgaon is 494661.** Borgaon falls in Kanker sub-district, Uttar Bastar Kanker district, Chhattisgarh.

- PIN code494661
- Gram panchayatViyas Kongera
- Community development blockKanker
- Census village code447857

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

## How far is Borgaon from nearby towns?

- Kanker (sub-district HQ)12 km by road
- Kanker (district HQ)12 km by road
- Kanker (nearest town)12 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 Borgaon?

6 services counted by the Census are inside Borgaon; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Kanker
- ○Degree college10+ km · Kanker
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Gad Pichhawadi
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)18 h summer · 24 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 Borgaon known for?

The main crops are **paddy and maize**. About 44% of the 288 hectares of village land is sown, and 2 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 Borgaon

Of every 100 households in Borgaon in 2011, 75 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 13 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Borgaon · ■ Kanker rural average

Electricity for lighting ****75%**

**80%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**84%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**12%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**98%

Use banking services ****93%**

**34%

Television ****7%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****13%**

**23%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**11%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****5%**

**19%

Own their home ****97%**

**96%

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 Borgaon?

■ Borgaon · ■ Kanker rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.5%**

**72.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1188**

**1016

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****952**

**1001

Working population ****53.7%**

**57.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.4% for men and 60.3% for women. 63% of men and 46% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 77 (46%) · **■** Farm labourers 64 (38%) · **■** Other work 25 (15%) · **■** Marginal 3 (2%)

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 Kanker

- Kanagaon339 people
- Turakhar338 people
- Awrabhat336 people
- Salhebhat329 people
- Malajkudum315 people
- Lulegondi313 people
- Gobardhan303 people
- Amajhola290 people

[All 100 villages in Kanker](https://wherepedia.org/india/chhattisgarh/uttar-bastar-kanker/kanker/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Borgaon?494661
- How far is Borgaon from Kanker?12 km by road
- What is the population of Borgaon?315 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Borgaon in?Uttar Bastar Kanker district (Kanker sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Borgaon?67.5% (Census 2011)