# Bokna Village, Bada Malhera, Chhatarpur (Madhya Pradesh) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Bada Malhera, Chhatarpur 

# Bokna

Bokna is a village in Bada Malhera sub-district of Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,796 people in 415 households**, the 12th largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 46.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 55.6%.

- 1,796people (2011)
- 415households
- 46.4%literacy
- 885females per 1,000 males

## Bokna PIN code and other codes

Bokna falls in Bada Malhera sub-district, Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockBada Malhera
- Census village code458201

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

## How far is Bokna from nearby towns?

- Bada Malhera (sub-district HQ)25 km by road
- Chhatarpur (district HQ)40 km by road
- Bada Malhera (nearest town)25 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 Bokna?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●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

- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bada Malehra
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- 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 Bokna known for?

About 77% of the 656 hectares of village land is sown, and 435 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 Bokna

Of every 100 households in Bokna in 2011, 64 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bokna · ■ Bada Malhera rural average

Electricity for lighting ****64%**

**63%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**2%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**98%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**2%

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

**1%

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

**99%

Use banking services ****26%**

**35%

Television ****13%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**41%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****38%**

**36%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Bokna?

■ Bokna · ■ Bada Malhera rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****46.4%**

**55.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****885**

**879

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****919**

**915

Working population ****51.1%**

**48.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 55.2% for men and 36.5% for women. 52% of men and 50% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 485 (53%) · **■** Farm labourers 111 (12%) · **■** Other work 46 (5%) · **■** Marginal 276 (30%)

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 Bada Malhera

- Ranital2,229 people
- Futwari2,177 people
- Khardooti1,972 people
- Surajpura Kalan1,833 people
- Beeron1,754 people
- Andhiyara1,706 people
- Barma1,674 people
- Mungawari1,658 people

[All 108 villages in Bada Malhera](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/chhatarpur/bada-malhera/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Bokna from Chhatarpur?40 km by road
- What is the population of Bokna?1,796 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bokna in?Chhatarpur district (Bada Malhera sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Bokna?46.4% (Census 2011)