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'Village for Sale’: Parched hamlet's desperate plea amid water crisis in Maharashtra
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- LGD code
- 554024
- Pincode
- 402208
- Post office
- RCF Thal
- Population
- 670
- Households
- 169
- Literacy rate
- 83.6%
- Sex ratio
- 988 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 277
- Distance to district centre
- 245 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 197 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 288 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 576 km
- Nearest railway station
- Hol · 21 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Rural Hospital, Songir · 16 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Boris compares
By population, Boris ranks #92 of 212 villages in Alibag mandal.
Literacy rate
%
83.6%
+7.1% vs mandal average
- Boris
- 83.6%
- Alibag mandal
- 76.5%
- Raigad district
- 73.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
988
+1 vs mandal average
- Boris
- 988
- Alibag mandal
- 987
Household size
people per home
4.0
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Boris
- 4.0
- Alibag mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Boris at a glance
Boris is a village of 670 people in 169 households (Census 2011) in Alibag taluka, Raigad district, Maharashtra, the 92nd-largest of 212 villages in Alibag taluka. Literacy is 84%, 7 points above the taluka average of 77% and the sex ratio is 988 women per 1,000 men. It lies 245 km from the Raigad district centre, 19 km from Kapadne, the nearest town, 21 km from Hol railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 402208, served by RCF Thal post office; the LGD village code is 554024. The nearest hospital or health centre is Rural Hospital, Songir, 16 km away. The village votes in Akole assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dr. Kiran Yamaji Lahamate. The population is estimated at 790 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Boris
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 20
- Power hours (winter)
- 20
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- 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
- Yes
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- ALIBAG
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 7
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 7
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 7
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 225.2
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 161
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Boris
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Boris
- LGD code
- 554024
- Pincode
- 402208
- Post office
- RCF Thal
- Population (Census 2011)
- 670
- Population (projected 2026)
- 790
- Households
- 169
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 988
- Literacy rate
- 83.6%
- Coordinates
- 21.07336°N, 74.63164°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Shirdi
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Akole
- Member of Parliament
- Bhausaheb Wakchaure
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Dr. Kiran Yamaji Lahamate
- Block / Mandal
- Alibag
Getting there
How to reach Boris
Distance to cities · straight line
- Mumbai288 kmcapital
- Hyderabad576 km
- Delhi878 km
- Bengaluru954 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationHol21 km
- Hospital / PHCRural Hospital, Songir16 km
- Petrol pumpHP28 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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