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Jakhanu Population - Udhampur, Jammu and Kashmir

Jakhanu is a medium size village located in Majalta Tehsil of Udhampur district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 256 families residing. The Jakhanu village has population of 1150 of which 618 are males while 532 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jakhanu village population of children with age 0-6 is 143 which makes up 12.43 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jakhanu village is 861 which is lower than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Jakhanu as per census is 788, lower than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Jakhanu village has higher literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Jakhanu village was 69.61 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Jakhanu Male literacy stands at 78.25 % while female literacy rate was 59.70 %.

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

Jakhanu Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 256 - -
Population 1,150 618 532
Child (0-6) 143 80 63
Schedule Caste 256 138 118
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 69.61 % 78.25 % 59.70 %
Total Workers 380 331 49
Main Worker 229 - -
Marginal Worker 151 118 33

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 22.26 % of total population in Jakhanu village. The village Jakhanu currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jakhanu village out of total population, 380 were engaged in work activities. 60.26 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 39.74 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 380 workers engaged in Main Work, 140 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 12 were Agricultural labourer.