Jokhana Population - Chamoli, Uttarakhand

Jokhana is a medium size village located in Chamoli Tehsil of Chamoli district, Uttarakhand with total 44 families residing. The Jokhana village has population of 261 of which 133 are males while 128 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jokhana village population of children with age 0-6 is 57 which makes up 21.84 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jokhana village is 962 which is lower than Uttarakhand state average of 963. Child Sex Ratio for the Jokhana as per census is 676, lower than Uttarakhand average of 890.

Jokhana village has lower literacy rate compared to Uttarakhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Jokhana village was 68.63 % compared to 78.82 % of Uttarakhand. In Jokhana Male literacy stands at 80.81 % while female literacy rate was 57.14 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Jokhana village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Jokhana village.

Jokhana Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	44	-	-
Population	261	133	128
Child (0-6)	57	34	23
Schedule Caste	119	60	59
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	68.63 %	80.81 %	57.14 %
Total Workers	118	57	61
Main Worker	113	-	-
Marginal Worker	5	2	3

Caste Factor

In Jokhana village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 45.59 % of total population in Jokhana village. The village Jokhana currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jokhana village out of total population, 118 were engaged in work activities. 95.76 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 4.24 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 118 workers engaged in Main Work, 62 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 48 were Agricultural labourer.