About Jakhera Village

Jakhera is a mid sized village in Garud tehsil, in the district of Bageshwar, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 735, made up of 390 males and 345 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 885 females per 1000 males. The village covers 164.47 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 263635, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jakhera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jakhera village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Bageshwar
Tehsil	Garud
Pincode	263635
Area (hectares)	164.47 hectares
Population	735
Male Population	390
Female Population	345
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	885
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Jakhera compares

By the 2011 count Jakhera is the 26th largest of the 187 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 367 residents. Its 164.47 hectares work out to about 4.5 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 1174.

Getting to Jakhera

Jakhera is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Jakhera as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Jakhera from other places

Jakhera lies about 16 km from Bageshwar, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 64 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 Jakhera
Tehsil headquarters	Garud	16 km
District headquarters	Bageshwar	16 km
Nearest town	Almora	29 km
Nearest railway station	Kathgodam	64 km

Villages closest to Jakhera

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jakhera village had a population of 735. That makes it the 26th largest of the 187 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 367 residents.

Jakhera village has 390 males and 345 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jakhera has about 885 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1174.

The pincode recorded for Jakhera is 263635. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jakhera covers 164.47 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Jakhera falls under Garud tehsil of Bageshwar district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Jakhera is Kathgodam, about 64 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 10+ km distance for Jakhera.

Jakhera is about 16 km from Bageshwar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jakhera is in Garud tehsil of Bageshwar district. Garud is about 16 km away. Bageshwar is about 16 km away. Almora is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.