About Boktu Village

Boktu is a small village in Kalpa tehsil, in the district of Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 7, made up of 4 males and 3 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 750 females per 1000 males. The village covers 59.74 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 172108, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Boktu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Boktu village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kinnaur
Tehsil	Kalpa
Pincode	172108
Area (hectares)	59.74 hectares
Population	7
Male Population	4
Female Population	3
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	750
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Boktu compares

By the 2011 count Boktu is the 35th largest of the 39 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 492 residents. Its 59.74 hectares work out to about 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1002.

Getting to Boktu

Boktu is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Boktu as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Boktu from other places

Boktu lies about under 2 km from Kinnaur. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Boktu
District headquarters	Kinnaur	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kalpa	5.0 km
Nearest town	Shimla	118 km

Villages closest to Boktu

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kalpa tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Boktu

As per the Census of India 2011, Boktu village had a population of 7. That makes it the 35th largest of the 39 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 492 residents.

Boktu village has 4 males and 3 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Boktu has about 750 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1002.

The pincode recorded for Boktu is 172108. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Boktu covers 59.74 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Boktu falls under Kalpa tehsil of Kinnaur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Boktu notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Boktu.

Boktu is about under 2 km from Kinnaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Boktu is in Kalpa tehsil of Kinnaur district. Kinnaur is about under 2 km away. Kalpa is about 5.0 km away. Shimla is about 118 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.