About Jakhani Village

Jakhani is a small village in Pauri tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 53, made up of 19 males and 34 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,789 females per 1000 males. The village covers 73.02 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249301, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jakhani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jakhani village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Pauri
Pincode	249301
Area (hectares)	73.02 hectares
Population	53
Male Population	19
Female Population	34
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,789
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Jakhani compares

By the 2011 count Jakhani is the 464th largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 143 residents. Its 73.02 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1259.

Getting to Jakhani

Jakhani is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Jakhani as Available within village. 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 Jakhani from other places

Jakhani lies about 48 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 47 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 Jakhani
Nearest town	Srīnagar	2.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pauri	7.7 km
Nearest railway station	Rishikesh	47 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	48 km

Villages closest to Jakhani

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jakhani village had a population of 53. That makes it the 464th largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 143 residents.

Jakhani village has 19 males and 34 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jakhani has about 1789 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1259.

The pincode recorded for Jakhani is 249301. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jakhani covers 73.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Jakhani falls under Pauri tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Jakhani is Rishikesh, about 47 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Jakhani.

Jakhani is about 48 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jakhani is in Pauri tehsil of Garhwal district. Srīnagar is about 2.8 km away. Pauri is about 7.7 km away. Rishikesh is about 47 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.