About Bokna Village

Bokna is a mid sized village in Bada Malhera tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,796, made up of 953 males and 843 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 885 females per 1000 males. The village covers 655.91 hectares hectares.

Bokna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bokna village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Chhatarpur
Tehsil	Bada Malhera
Area (hectares)	655.91 hectares
Population	1,796
Male Population	953
Female Population	843
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	885
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bokna compares

By the 2011 count Bokna is the 12th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 933 residents. Its 655.91 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 878.

Getting to Bokna

Bokna is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Bokna as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Bokna from other places

Bokna lies about 34 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Rampura, 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 Bokna
Nearest railway station	Rampura	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bada Malhera	16 km
Nearest town	Bijāwar	18 km
District headquarters	Chhatarpur	34 km

Villages closest to Bokna

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bada Malhera 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 Bokna

As per the Census of India 2011, Bokna village had a population of 1,796. That makes it the 12th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 933 residents.

Bokna village has 953 males and 843 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bokna has about 885 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 878.

Bokna covers 655.91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bokna falls under Bada Malhera tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Bokna is Rampura, 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Bokna.

Bokna is about 34 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bokna is in Bada Malhera tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Rampura is about 16 km away. Bada Malhera is about 16 km away. Bijāwar is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.