About Bokeya Village

Bokeya is a mid sized village in Meral tehsil, in the district of Garhwa, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,059, made up of 552 males and 507 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 918 females per 1000 males. The village covers 114.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822114, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bokeya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bokeya village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Garhwa
Tehsil	Meral
Pincode	822114
Area (hectares)	114.8 hectares
Population	1,059
Male Population	552
Female Population	507
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	918
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bokeya compares

By the 2011 count Bokeya is the 43rd largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,757 residents. Its 114.8 hectares work out to about 9.2 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Bokeya

Bokeya is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Bokeya as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Bokeya from other places

Bokeya lies about 12 km from Garhwa, and the nearest railway station is Karkatta, about 3.8 km away. 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 Bokeya
Nearest railway station	Karkatta	3.8 km
Nearest town	Bishrāmpur	11 km
District headquarters	Garhwa	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Meral	14 km

Villages closest to Bokeya

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Meral 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 Bokeya

As per the Census of India 2011, Bokeya village had a population of 1,059. That makes it the 43rd largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,757 residents.

Bokeya village has 552 males and 507 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bokeya has about 918 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 953.

The pincode recorded for Bokeya is 822114. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bokeya covers 114.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.2 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Bokeya falls under Meral tehsil of Garhwa district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Bokeya is Karkatta, about 3.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Bokeya.

Bokeya is about 12 km from Garhwa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bokeya is in Meral tehsil of Garhwa district. Karkatta is about 3.8 km away. Bishrāmpur is about 11 km away. Garhwa is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.