# Boka Beel Village, Lekang, Lohit (Arunachal Pradesh)

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Village · Lekang, Lohit 

# Boka Beel

Boka Beel is a village in Lekang sub-district of Lohit district, Arunachal Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **350 people in 56 households**, the 37th largest of 54 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 72.4%.

- 350people (2011)
- 56households
- 66.1%literacy
- 1,000females per 1,000 males

## Boka Beel PIN code and other codes

Boka Beel falls in Lekang sub-district, Lohit district, Arunachal Pradesh.

- Community development blockLekang
- Census village code266623

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Boka Beel from nearby towns?

- Lekang (sub-district HQ)21 km by road
- Tezu (district HQ)173 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Boka Beel?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Boka Beel; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Old Mohang
- ○Degree college10+ km · Doomdooma
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Tinsukia
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)20 h summer · 20 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Boka Beel known for?

The main crops are **paddy, mustard and potato**. 

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Boka Beel

Of every 100 households in Boka Beel in 2011, 8 had electricity, 34 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Boka Beel · ■ Lekang rural average

Electricity for lighting ****8%**

**47%

Toilet within the home ****34%**

**53%

No toilet (open defecation) ****66%**

**47%

Tap water ****2%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****61%**

**70%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**90%

Use banking services ****19%**

**27%

Television ****2%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**2%

None of these assets ****34%**

**26%

Own their home ****98%**

**91%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Boka Beel?

■ Boka Beel · ■ Lekang rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.1%**

**72.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1000**

**978

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****837**

**1003

Working population ****47.7%**

**43.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.2% for men and 58.3% for women. 50% of men and 46% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**

**■** Cultivators 167 (100%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Lekang

- Padumoni408 people
- New Silatoo390 people
- Philobari373 people
- Waisali371 people
- Mahadevpur- III327 people
- Sikari chuk325 people
- Nongkhon Tinali316 people
- Old Mohong III316 people

[All 54 villages in Lekang](https://wherepedia.org/india/arunachal-pradesh/lohit/lekang/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Boka Beel from Tezu?173 km by road
- What is the population of Boka Beel?350 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Boka Beel in?Lohit district (Lekang sub-district), Arunachal Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Boka Beel?66.1% (Census 2011)