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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Anguri Kumre
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- LGD code
- 496368
- Pincode
- 480999
- Post office
- Kahani
- Population
- 1,332
- Households
- 318
- Literacy rate
- 55%
- Sex ratio
- 979 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 284
- Distance to district centre
- 35 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 5 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 221 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 622 km
- Nearest railway station
- Shridham · 16 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Shankaracharya netralaya · 6 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Boriya compares
By population, Boriya ranks #9 of 114 villages in Dhanora mandal.
Literacy rate
%
55.0%
−2.9% vs mandal average
- Boriya
- 55.0%
- Dhanora mandal
- 57.9%
- Seoni district
- 62.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
979
+1 vs mandal average
- Boriya
- 979
- Dhanora mandal
- 978
Household size
people per home
4.2
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Boriya
- 4.2
- Dhanora mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Boriya at a glance
Boriya is a village of 1,332 people in 318 households (Census 2011) in Dhanora tehsil, Seoni district, Madhya Pradesh, the 9th-largest of 114 villages in Dhanora tehsil. Literacy is 55%, 3 points below the tehsil average of 58% and the sex ratio is 979 women per 1,000 men. It lies 35 km from the Seoni district centre, 16 km from Shridham railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 480999, served by Kahani post office; the LGD village code is 496368. The nearest hospital or health centre is Shankaracharya netralaya, 6 km away. The sarpanch is Anguri Kumre, and the village votes in Gotegaon assembly constituency, represented by MLA Mahendra Nagesh. The population is estimated at 1,570 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Boriya
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 8
- Power hours (winter)
- 8
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 1
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- SEONI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 62
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 75
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 25
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 333.6
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 210.03
- Forest area (ha)
- 20.52
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Boriya
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Boriya
- LGD code
- 496368
- Pincode
- 480999
- Post office
- Kahani
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,332
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,570
- Households
- 318
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 979
- Literacy rate
- 55.0%
- Coordinates
- 22.89309°N, 79.53180°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Mandla
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Gotegaon
- Member of Parliament
- Faggan Singh Kulaste
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Mahendra Nagesh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Anguri Kumre
- Block / Mandal
- Dhanora
Getting there
How to reach Boriya
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal221 kmcapital
- Hyderabad622 km
- Delhi677 km
- Mumbai811 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationShridham16 km
- Hospital / PHCShankaracharya netralaya6 km
- CollegeChanchala Bai College51 km
- Police stationpolice station53 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-18
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