About Kanda Jakh Village

Kanda Jakh is a small village in Dhanaulti tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 350, made up of 165 males and 185 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,121 females per 1000 males. The village covers 149.56 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249179, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kanda Jakh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanda Jakh village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil	Dhanaulti
Pincode	249179
Area (hectares)	149.56 hectares
Population	350
Male Population	165
Female Population	185
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,121
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kanda Jakh compares

By the 2011 count Kanda Jakh is the 66th largest of the 254 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 286 residents. Its 149.56 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Kanda Jakh

Kanda Jakh is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Kanda Jakh as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Kanda Jakh from other places

Kanda Jakh lies about 36 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 21 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 Kanda Jakh
Nearest town	Mussoorie	5.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhanaulti	14 km
Nearest railway station	Dehradun	21 km
District headquarters	Tehri Garhwal	36 km

Villages closest to Kanda Jakh

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dhanaulti 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 Kanda Jakh

As per the Census of India 2011, Kanda Jakh village had a population of 350. That makes it the 66th largest of the 254 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 286 residents.

Kanda Jakh village has 165 males and 185 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanda Jakh has about 1121 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Kanda Jakh is 249179. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kanda Jakh covers 149.56 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kanda Jakh falls under Dhanaulti tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Kanda Jakh is Dehradun, about 21 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Kanda Jakh.

Kanda Jakh is about 36 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kanda Jakh is in Dhanaulti tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Mussoorie is about 5.9 km away. Dhanaulti is about 14 km away. Dehradun is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.