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About Jakh Malla Village

Jakh Malla is a small village in Lansdowne tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 115, made up of 56 males and 59 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,054 females per 1000 males. The village covers 70.81 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246155, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jakh Malla Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jakh Malla village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Lansdowne
Pincode 246155
Area (hectares) 70.81 hectares
Population 115
Male Population 56
Female Population 59
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,054
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 Malla compares

By the 2011 count Jakh Malla is the 226th largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 148 residents. Its 70.81 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1243.

Getting to Jakh Malla

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

Jakh Malla lies about 13 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 22 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 Malla
Tehsil headquarters Lansdowne 8.8 km
District headquarters Garhwal 13 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 22 km
Nearest town Kotdwāra 22 km

Villages closest to Jakh Malla

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

Common questions about Jakh Malla

As per the Census of India 2011, Jakh Malla village had a population of 115. That makes it the 226th largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 148 residents.

Jakh Malla village has 56 males and 59 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jakh Malla has about 1054 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1243.

The pincode recorded for Jakh Malla is 246155. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jakh Malla covers 70.81 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Jakh Malla falls under Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Jakh Malla is Kotdwara, about 22 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 Malla.

Jakh Malla is about 13 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jakh Malla is in Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district. Lansdowne is about 8.8 km away. Garhwal is about 13 km away. Kotdwara is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jakh Talla (under 2 km), Simaldhar (under 2 km) and Sukoli Malli (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Jakh Malla today is likely to be higher.

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