# Bokba Village, Kolebira, Simdega (Jharkhand) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Kolebira, Simdega 

# Bokba

Bokba is a village in Kolebira sub-district of Simdega district, Jharkhand. The 2011 Census counted **1,019 people in 216 households**, the 30th largest of 53 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.4%.

- 1,019people (2011)
- 216households
- 72.5%literacy
- 934females per 1,000 males

## Bokba PIN code and other codes

Bokba falls in Kolebira sub-district, Simdega district, Jharkhand.

- Gram panchayatRaisia
- Community development blockKolebira
- Census village code376637

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

## How far is Bokba from nearby towns?

- Kolebira (sub-district HQ)4 km by road
- Simdega (district HQ)34 km by road
- Simdega (nearest town)34 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 Bokba?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Bokba; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Allopathic hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Kolebira
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Kolebira
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Ranchi
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps
- Electricity (2011)6 h summer · 6 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 Bokba known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 35% of the 451 hectares of village land is sown, and 5 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 Bokba

Of every 100 households in Bokba in 2011, 68 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bokba · ■ Kolebira rural average

Electricity for lighting ****68%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**9%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**91%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

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

**8%

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

**2%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****54%**

**61%

Television ****11%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****21%**

**17%

Own their home ****95%**

**96%

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 Bokba?

■ Bokba · ■ Kolebira rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.5%**

**70.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****934**

**980

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****925**

**929

Working population ****44.0%**

**51.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.0% for men and 64.5% for women. 50% of men and 38% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 128 (29%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 30 (7%) · **■** Marginal 289 (65%)

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 Kolebira

- Sijang1,179 people
- Durilari1,153 people
- Lasia1,080 people
- Sarangapani1,059 people
- Jurkela967 people
- Bhanwarpahari965 people
- Saraipani863 people
- Siwnathpur768 people

[All 53 villages in Kolebira](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/simdega/kolebira/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Bokba from Simdega?34 km by road
- What is the population of Bokba?1,019 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bokba in?Simdega district (Kolebira sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Bokba?72.5% (Census 2011)