About Jakhi Village

Jakhi is a mid sized village in Devprayag tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 750, made up of 335 males and 415 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,239 females per 1000 males. The village covers 88.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249161, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jakhi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jakhi village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil	Devprayag
Pincode	249161
Area (hectares)	88.2 hectares
Population	750
Male Population	335
Female Population	415
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,239
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Jakhi compares

By the 2011 count Jakhi is the 18th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 246 residents. Its 88.2 hectares work out to about 8.5 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1228.

Getting to Jakhi

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

Jakhi lies about 25 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 49 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 Jakhi
Nearest town	Srīnagar	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Devprayag	25 km
District headquarters	Tehri Garhwal	25 km
Nearest railway station	Rishikesh	49 km

Villages closest to Jakhi

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 Jakhi

As per the Census of India 2011, Jakhi village had a population of 750. That makes it the 18th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 246 residents.

Jakhi village has 335 males and 415 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jakhi has about 1239 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1228.

The pincode recorded for Jakhi is 249161. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jakhi covers 88.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.5 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Jakhi is Rishikesh, about 49 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 10+ km distance for Jakhi.

Jakhi is about 25 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jakhi is in Devprayag tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Srīnagar is about 13 km away. Devprayag is about 25 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.