Boksa (tribe)

Boksa (tribe)

Infobox Ethnic group
group = Boksa, or, Buksa


pop =
region1 = flag|India
region2 = spaces|11"Uttarakhand"
pop2 = 46,771 [cite web |url= http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Tables_Published/SCST/dh_st_uttaranchal.pdf|title=Uttaranchal, DATA HIGHLIGHTS: THE SCHEDULED TRIBES, Census of India 2001 |accessdate=2008-03-16 |author= |date= |work= |publisher= ]
region3 = spaces|11"Uttar Pradesh"
pop3=4.367 [cite web |url= http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Tables_Published/SCST/dh_st_up.pdf|title=Uttar Pradesh, DATA HIGHLIGHTS: THE SCHEDULED TRIBES, Census of India 2001 |accessdate=2008-03-16 |author= |date= |work= |publisher= ]
languages =
religions = Hinduism, traditional beliefs
related = Tharu people· Bhotiya· Pokhariya· Van Rawats

Boksa or Buksa are indigenous people living mainly in the Indian states of Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh. They are most concentrated in the Nainital district in the Kumaon foothills of the outer Himalayas.cite book
last = Singh
first = R
title = Social Transformation of Indian Tribes
origyear = 2004
publisher = Anmol Publications PVT. LTD.
location = New Delhi, India
isbn = 812610452X
pages = 25–26
chapter = Composition and Social Order ]

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