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Chak Borda observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Maharashtra.
Temples near Chak Borda
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By population, Chak Borda ranks #75 of 91 villages in Chandrapur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chak Borda is a village of 127 people in 30 households (Census 2011) in Chandrapur taluka, Chandrapur district, Maharashtra, the 75th-largest of 91 villages in Chandrapur taluka. Literacy is 72%, 1 points above the taluka average of 70% and the sex ratio is 924 women per 1,000 men. It lies 45 km from the Chandrapur district centre, 39 km from Sindewahi, the nearest town, 14 km from Kelzar railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 441224, served by Mul post office; the LGD village code is 541275. The nearest hospital or health centre is Al-Shifa Clinic, 12 km away. The sarpanch is palvi bhskar todase, and the village votes in Wani assembly constituency, represented by MLA Derkar Sanjay Nilkanthrao. The population is estimated at 150 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Borda →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chak Borda · this village | 127 | 72% | — |
| Waigaon Mokasa · Chandrapur | 611 | 70% | 2.8 km NW |
| Chak Nimbala · Chandrapur | 979 | 67% | 3.9 km NE |
| Ajaypur · Ner | 0 | — | 6.7 km E |
| Chak Pimpal Khut · Chandrapur | 211 | 67% | 6.7 km E |
| Jambharala · Chandrapur | 435 | 57% | 6.9 km SE |
| Temta · Chandrapur | 159 | 63% | 8.6 km E |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
2 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
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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