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Jakh Population - Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand

Jakh is a medium size village located in Pithoragarh Tehsil of Pithoragarh district, Uttarakhand with total 179 families residing. The Jakh village has population of 712 of which 340 are males while 372 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jakh village population of children with age 0-6 is 100 which makes up 14.04 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jakh village is 1094 which is higher than Uttarakhand state average of 963. Child Sex Ratio for the Jakh as per census is 587, lower than Uttarakhand average of 890.

Jakh village has higher literacy rate compared to Uttarakhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Jakh village was 82.19 % compared to 78.82 % of Uttarakhand. In Jakh Male literacy stands at 94.95 % while female literacy rate was 71.64 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Jakh 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 Jakh village.

Jakh Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 179 - -
Population 712 340 372
Child (0-6) 100 63 37
Schedule Caste 97 43 54
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 82.19 % 94.95 % 71.64 %
Total Workers 344 145 199
Main Worker 177 - -
Marginal Worker 167 45 122

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 13.62 % of total population in Jakh village. The village Jakh currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jakh village out of total population, 344 were engaged in work activities. 51.45 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 48.55 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 344 workers engaged in Main Work, 92 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.