About Jakher Village

Jakher is a small village in Devprayag tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 30, made up of 16 males and 14 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 875 females per 1000 males. The village covers 33.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249300, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jakher Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jakher village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil	Devprayag
Pincode	249300
Area (hectares)	33.5 hectares
Population	30
Male Population	16
Female Population	14
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	875
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Jakher compares

By the 2011 count Jakher is the 311th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 246 residents. Its 33.5 hectares work out to about 0.9 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 1228.

Getting to Jakher

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

Jakher lies about 24 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 40 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 Jakher
Nearest town	Srīnagar	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Devprayag	24 km
District headquarters	Tehri Garhwal	24 km
Nearest railway station	Rishikesh	40 km

Villages closest to Jakher

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jakher village had a population of 30. That makes it the 311th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 246 residents.

Jakher village has 16 males and 14 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jakher has about 875 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1228.

The pincode recorded for Jakher is 249300. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jakher covers 33.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Jakher falls under Devprayag tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Jakher is Rishikesh, about 40 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 Jakher.

Jakher is about 24 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jakher is in Devprayag tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Srīnagar is about 11 km away. Devprayag is about 24 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.