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About Jaskot Village

Jaskot is a small village in Tehri tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 28, made up of 13 males and 15 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,154 females per 1000 males. The village covers 11.77 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249132, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jaskot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jaskot village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Tehri
Pincode 249132
Area (hectares) 11.77 hectares
Population 28
Male Population 13
Female Population 15
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,154
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Jaskot compares

By the 2011 count Jaskot is the 299th largest of the 315 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 254 residents. Its 11.77 hectares work out to about 2.4 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 1154.

Getting to Jaskot

Jaskot is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Jaskot as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Jaskot from other places

Jaskot lies about 8.7 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 30 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 Jaskot
Tehsil headquarters Tehri 8.7 km
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 8.7 km
Nearest railway station Rishikesh 30 km

Villages closest to Jaskot

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 Jaskot

As per the Census of India 2011, Jaskot village had a population of 28. That makes it the 299th largest of the 315 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 254 residents.

Jaskot village has 13 males and 15 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jaskot has about 1154 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1154.

The pincode recorded for Jaskot is 249132. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jaskot covers 11.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Jaskot is Rishikesh, about 30 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Jaskot.

Jaskot is about 8.7 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jaskot is in Tehri tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Tehri is about 8.7 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 8.7 km away. Rishikesh is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dikhol Gaon Udaikot (under 2 km), Khand Birkot (under 2 km) and Kot (under 2 km).

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

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