Bortara observes Bastar Dussehra on Monday, 21 September 2026, along with the rest of Chhattisgarh.
By population, Bortara ranks #40 of 121 villages in Gurur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bortara is a village of 1,420 people in 309 households (Census 2011) in Gurur tehsil, Balod district, Chhattisgarh, the 40th-largest of 121 villages in Gurur tehsil. Literacy is 72%, about the same as the tehsil average of 72% and the sex ratio is 1,052 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 491227, served by Gurur post office; the LGD village code is 443399. The sarpanch is PURNIMA DRONA SINHA, and the village votes in Sihawa assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ambika Markam. The population is estimated at 1,674 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Bortara →
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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