About Jakh Village

Jakh is a small village in Tehri tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 491, made up of 260 males and 231 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 888 females per 1000 males. The village covers 127.26 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249130, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jakh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jakh village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil	Tehri
Pincode	249130
Area (hectares)	127.26 hectares
Population	491
Male Population	260
Female Population	231
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	888
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Jakh compares

By the 2011 count Jakh is the 37th largest of the 315 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 254 residents. Its 127.26 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1154.

Getting to Jakh

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

Jakh 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 Jakh
Tehsil headquarters	Tehri	3.7 km
District headquarters	Tehri Garhwal	3.7 km
Nearest railway station	Rishikesh	35 km

Villages closest to Jakh

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.

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Common questions about Jakh

As per the Census of India 2011, Jakh village had a population of 491. That makes it the 37th largest of the 315 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 254 residents.

Jakh village has 260 males and 231 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jakh has about 888 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1154.

The pincode recorded for Jakh is 249130. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jakh covers 127.26 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Jakh 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Jakh.

Jakh 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.

Jakh 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.