About Buka Village

Buka is a small village in Patan tehsil, in the district of Palamu, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 230, made up of 122 males and 108 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 885 females per 1000 males. The village covers 336.95 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822123, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Buka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Buka village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Palamu
Tehsil	Patan
Pincode	822123
Area (hectares)	336.95 hectares
Population	230
Male Population	122
Female Population	108
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	885
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Buka compares

By the 2011 count Buka is the 115th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 957 residents. Its 336.95 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 923.

Getting to Buka

Buka is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Buka as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Buka from other places

Buka lies about 32 km from Palamu, and the nearest railway station is Hazaribagh Road, about 16 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 Buka
Nearest town	Barki Saria	16 km
Nearest railway station	Hazaribagh Road	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Patan	32 km
District headquarters	Palamu	32 km

Villages closest to Buka

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Buka village had a population of 230. That makes it the 115th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 957 residents.

Buka village has 122 males and 108 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Buka has about 885 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 923.

The pincode recorded for Buka is 822123. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Buka covers 336.95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Buka falls under Patan tehsil of Palamu district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Buka is Hazaribagh Road, about 16 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 10+ km distance for Buka.

Buka is about 32 km from Palamu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Buka is in Patan tehsil of Palamu district. Barki Saria is about 16 km away. Hazaribagh Road is about 16 km away. Patan is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.