About Jalikhand Village

Jalikhand is a small village in Dhoomakot tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 47, made up of 27 males and 20 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 741 females per 1000 males. The village covers 87.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246279, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jalikhand Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jalikhand village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Dhoomakot
Pincode	246279
Area (hectares)	87.4 hectares
Population	47
Male Population	27
Female Population	20
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	741
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Jalikhand compares

By the 2011 count Jalikhand is the 254th largest of the 329 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 119 residents. Its 87.4 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1280.

Getting to Jalikhand

Jalikhand is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Jalikhand as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Jalikhand from other places

Jalikhand lies about 21 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 27 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 Jalikhand
Tehsil headquarters	Dhoomakot	21 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	21 km
Nearest town	Kotdwāra	27 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	27 km

Villages closest to Jalikhand

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jalikhand village had a population of 47. That makes it the 254th largest of the 329 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 119 residents.

Jalikhand village has 27 males and 20 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jalikhand has about 741 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1280.

The pincode recorded for Jalikhand is 246279. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jalikhand covers 87.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Jalikhand falls under Dhoomakot tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Jalikhand is Kotdwara, about 27 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Jalikhand.

Jalikhand is about 21 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jalikhand is in Dhoomakot tehsil of Garhwal district. Dhoomakot is about 21 km away. Garhwal is about 21 km away. Kotdwāra is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.