About Jakhand Village

Jakhand is a mid sized village in Devprayag tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 654, made up of 294 males and 360 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,224 females per 1000 males. The village covers 169.38 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249161, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jakhand Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jakhand village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil	Devprayag
Pincode	249161
Area (hectares)	169.38 hectares
Population	654
Male Population	294
Female Population	360
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,224
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Jakhand compares

By the 2011 count Jakhand is the 25th 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 169.38 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1228.

Getting to Jakhand

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

Jakhand lies about 18 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 43 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 Jakhand
Nearest town	Srīnagar	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Devprayag	18 km
District headquarters	Tehri Garhwal	18 km
Nearest railway station	Rishikesh	43 km

Villages closest to Jakhand

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 Jakhand

As per the Census of India 2011, Jakhand village had a population of 654. That makes it the 25th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 246 residents.

Jakhand village has 294 males and 360 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jakhand has about 1224 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1228.

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

Jakhand covers 169.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Jakhand is Rishikesh, about 43 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 Jakhand.

Jakhand is about 18 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jakhand is in Devprayag tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Srīnagar is about 17 km away. Devprayag is about 18 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.