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About Jakhot Village

Jakhot is a small village in Tehri tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 38, made up of 19 males and 19 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 53.24 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249145, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jakhot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jakhot village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Tehri
Pincode 249145
Area (hectares) 53.24 hectares
Population 38
Male Population 19
Female Population 19
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Jakhot compares

By the 2011 count Jakhot is the 290th largest of the 315 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 254 residents. Its 53.24 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1154.

Getting to Jakhot

Jakhot is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Jakhot as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Jakhot from other places

Jakhot lies about 3.7 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 35 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 Jakhot
Tehsil headquarters Tehri 3.7 km
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 3.7 km
Nearest railway station Rishikesh 35 km

Villages closest to Jakhot

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

Common questions about Jakhot

As per the Census of India 2011, Jakhot village had a population of 38. That makes it the 290th largest of the 315 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 254 residents.

Jakhot village has 19 males and 19 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jakhot has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1154.

The pincode recorded for Jakhot is 249145. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jakhot covers 53.24 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Jakhot falls under Tehri tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Jakhot is Rishikesh, about 35 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Jakhot.

Jakhot is about 3.7 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jakhot is in Tehri tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Tehri is about 3.7 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 3.7 km away. Rishikesh is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jakh (under 2 km), Dogra Lagga Jaspur (under 2 km) and Jaspur (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Jakhot today is likely to be higher.

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