About Jakh Village

Jakh is a small village in Tharali tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 156, made up of 60 males and 96 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,600 females per 1000 males. The village covers 43.35 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246455, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jakh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jakh village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Tharali
Pincode	246455
Area (hectares)	43.35 hectares
Population	156
Male Population	60
Female Population	96
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,600
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 Jakh compares

By the 2011 count Jakh is the 179th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 282 residents. Its 43.35 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1152.

Getting to Jakh

Jakh is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Jakh 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 Jakh from other places

Jakh lies about 29 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Ramnagar, about 90 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
Tehsil headquarters	Tharali	14 km
District headquarters	Chamoli	29 km
Nearest town	Srīnagar	62 km
Nearest railway station	Ramnagar	90 km

Villages closest to Jakh

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Tharali 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 156. That makes it the 179th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 282 residents.

Jakh village has 60 males and 96 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jakh has about 1600 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1152.

The pincode recorded for Jakh is 246455. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jakh covers 43.35 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Jakh falls under Tharali tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Jakh is Ramnagar, about 90 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 Jakh.

Jakh is about 29 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jakh is in Tharali tehsil of Chamoli district. Tharali is about 14 km away. Chamoli is about 29 km away. Srīnagar is about 62 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.