About Jaskot Village

Jaskot is a small village in Yamkeshwar tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 199, made up of 105 males and 94 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 895 females per 1000 males. The village covers 176.38 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jaskot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jaskot village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Yamkeshwar
Pincode	246121
Area (hectares)	176.38 hectares
Population	199
Male Population	105
Female Population	94
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	895
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 Jaskot compares

By the 2011 count Jaskot is the 64th largest of the 223 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 171 residents. Its 176.38 hectares work out to about 1.1 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 1206.

Getting to Jaskot

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

Jaskot lies about 28 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 19 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 Jaskot
Tehsil headquarters	Yamkeshwar	7.6 km
Nearest town	Rishīkesh	19 km
Nearest railway station	Rishikesh	19 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	28 km

Villages closest to Jaskot

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jaskot village had a population of 199. That makes it the 64th largest of the 223 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 171 residents.

Jaskot village has 105 males and 94 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jaskot has about 895 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1206.

The pincode recorded for Jaskot is 246121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jaskot covers 176.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Jaskot falls under Yamkeshwar tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Jaskot is Rishikesh, about 19 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 Jaskot.

Jaskot is about 28 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jaskot is in Yamkeshwar tehsil of Garhwal district. Yamkeshwar is about 7.6 km away. Rishīkesh is about 19 km away. Rishikesh is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.