About Jakeru Village

Jakeru is a mid sized village in Vepada tehsil, in the district of Vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,224, made up of 597 males and 627 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,050 females per 1000 males. The village covers 610 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 535281, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jakeru Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jakeru village
Description	Value
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Vizianagaram
Tehsil	Vepada
Pincode	535281
Area (hectares)	610 hectares
Population	1,224
Male Population	597
Female Population	627
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,050
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Jakeru compares

By the 2011 count Jakeru is the 18th largest of the 37 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,367 residents. Its 610 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1017.

Getting to Jakeru

Jakeru is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Jakeru as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Jakeru from other places

Jakeru lies about 32 km from Vizianagaram, and the nearest railway station is Lakkavarapukota, about 3.4 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Jakeru
Nearest railway station	Lakkavarapukota	3.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Vepada	4.9 km
Nearest town	Chodavaram	30 km
District headquarters	Vizianagaram	32 km

Villages closest to Jakeru

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Vepada tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Jakeru

As per the Census of India 2011, Jakeru village had a population of 1,224. That makes it the 18th largest of the 37 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,367 residents.

Jakeru village has 597 males and 627 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jakeru has about 1050 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1017.

The pincode recorded for Jakeru is 535281. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jakeru covers 610 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Jakeru falls under Vepada tehsil of Vizianagaram district in Andhra Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Jakeru is Lakkavarapukota, about 3.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Jakeru.

Jakeru is about 32 km from Vizianagaram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jakeru is in Vepada tehsil of Vizianagaram district. Lakkavarapukota is about 3.4 km away. Vepada is about 4.9 km away. Chodavaram is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.