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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
vishal vivek ghosalkar
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- LGD code
- 565114
- Pincode
- 415709
- Post office
- Khed (RTG)
- Population
- 1,041
- Households
- 247
- Literacy rate
- 76.2%
- Sex ratio
- 939 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 344
- Distance to district centre
- 520 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 540 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 566 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 437 km
- Nearest railway station
- Chandur Bazar · 5 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Rural Hospital, Chandur Bazar · 3 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Boraj compares
By population, Boraj ranks #49 of 199 villages in Khed mandal.
Literacy rate
%
76.2%
+4.0% vs mandal average
- Boraj
- 76.2%
- Khed mandal
- 72.2%
- Ratnagiri district
- 74.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
939
−159 vs mandal average
- Boraj
- 939
- Khed mandal
- 1,098
Household size
people per home
4.2
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Boraj
- 4.2
- Khed mandal
- 4.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Boraj at a glance
Boraj is a village of 1,041 people in 247 households (Census 2011) in Khed taluka, Ratnagiri district, Maharashtra, the 49th-largest of 199 villages in Khed taluka. Literacy is 76%, 4 points above the taluka average of 72% and the sex ratio is 939 women per 1,000 men. It lies 520 km from the Ratnagiri district centre, 7 km from Bramhanwada Thadi, the nearest town, 5 km from Chandur Bazar railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 415709, served by Khed (RTG) post office; the LGD village code is 565114. The nearest hospital or health centre is Rural Hospital, Chandur Bazar, 3 km away. The sarpanch is vishal vivek ghosalkar, and the village votes in Bhor assembly constituency, represented by MLA Shankar Hiraman Mandekar. The population is estimated at 1,227 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Boraj
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 20
- Power hours (winter)
- 22
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- Yes
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- KHED
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 13
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 127
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 13
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 571.85
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 88.56
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Boraj
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Key facts — Boraj
- LGD code
- 565114
- Pincode
- 415709
- Post office
- Khed (RTG)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,041
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,227
- Households
- 247
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 939
- Literacy rate
- 76.2%
- Coordinates
- 21.25637°N, 77.77375°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Baramati
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bhor
- Member of Parliament
- Supriya Sule
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Shankar Hiraman Mandekar
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- vishal vivek ghosalkar
- Block / Mandal
- Khed
- Nearest police station
- Panchgani (556.6 km)
- Nearest PHC
- Sai Anand Clinic (557.0 km)
- Nearest post office
- Panchgani (556.6 km)
- Nearest bank
- State Bank of India (558.4 km)
- Nearest railway station
- Koregaon (548.1 km)
Getting there
How to reach Boraj
Distance to cities · straight line
- Mumbai566 kmcapital
- Hyderabad437 km
- Delhi820 km
- Bengaluru921 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationChandur Bazar5 km
- Hospital / PHCRural Hospital, Chandur Bazar3 km
- ATM / bankBank of maharashtra kathora bk30 km
- Petrol pumpReliance Petrol Pump25 km
- CollegeDr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Rural Polytechnic35 km
- Police stationOffice of Superintendant of Police, Amravati35 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, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-17
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)