# Bokeya Village, Meral, Garhwa (Jharkhand) – PIN Code

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Village · Meral, Garhwa 

# Bokeya

Bokeya is a village in Meral sub-district of Garhwa district, Jharkhand, PIN code **822114**. The 2011 Census counted **1,059 people in 206 households**, the 43rd largest of 75 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 59.5%.

- 1,059people (2011)
- 206households
- 59.6%literacy
- 822114PIN code

## Bokeya PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Bokeya is 822114.** Bokeya falls in Meral sub-district, Garhwa district, Jharkhand.

- PIN code822114
- Gram panchayatChecharia
- Community development blockMeral
- Census village code347671

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

## How far is Bokeya from nearby towns?

- Meral (sub-district HQ)28 km by road
- Garhwa (district HQ)15 km by road
- Garhwa (nearest town)15 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 Bokeya?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Bokeya; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Garhwa
- ○Degree college10+ km · Garhwa
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Garhwa
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps
- Electricity (2011)2 h summer · 3 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 Bokeya known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 75% of the 115 hectares of village land is sown, and 47 hectares are irrigated.

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

## Homes and amenities in Bokeya

Of every 100 households in Bokeya in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bokeya · ■ Meral rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**6%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**9%

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

**0%

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

**99%

Use banking services ****21%**

**35%

Television ****5%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****47%**

**35%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Bokeya?

■ Bokeya · ■ Meral rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.6%**

**59.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****918**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****850**

**948

Working population ****49.7%**

**42.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.3% for men and 45.0% for women. 51% of men and 49% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 4 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 23 (4%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 55 (10%) · **■** Marginal 443 (84%)

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 Meral

- Pindra1,167 people
- Tarka1,114 people
- Kumbhi1,101 people
- Garuasoti1,100 people
- Banka1,036 people
- Bhim Khar980 people
- Adhaura918 people
- Bhandar863 people

[All 77 villages in Meral](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/garhwa/meral/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Bokeya?822114
- How far is Bokeya from Garhwa?15 km by road
- What is the population of Bokeya?1,059 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bokeya in?Garhwa district (Meral sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Bokeya?59.6% (Census 2011)