About Jakh Village

Jakh is a small village in Akhnoor tehsil, in the district of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 358, made up of 193 males and 165 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 855 females per 1000 males. The village covers 71.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 181201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jakh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jakh village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Jammu
Tehsil	Akhnoor
Pincode	181201
Area (hectares)	71.6 hectares
Population	358
Male Population	193
Female Population	165
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	855
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Jakh compares

By the 2011 count Jakh is the 163rd largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents. Its 71.6 hectares work out to about 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Jakh

Jakh is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Jakh as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Jakh from other places

Jakh lies about 19 km from Jammu, and the nearest railway station is Vijaypur Jammu, about 5.5 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 Jakh
Nearest railway station	Vijaypur Jammu	5.5 km
Nearest town	Sāmba	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Akhnoor	19 km
District headquarters	Jammu	19 km

Villages closest to Jakh

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Akhnoor 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 Jakh

As per the Census of India 2011, Jakh village had a population of 358. That makes it the 163rd largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents.

Jakh village has 193 males and 165 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jakh has about 855 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 947.

The pincode recorded for Jakh is 181201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jakh covers 71.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Jakh falls under Akhnoor tehsil of Jammu district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Jakh is Vijaypur Jammu, about 5.5 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Jakh.

Jakh is about 19 km from Jammu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jakh is in Akhnoor tehsil of Jammu district. Vijaypur Jammu is about 5.5 km away. Sāmba is about 15 km away. Akhnoor is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.