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Jakh Population - Almora, Uttarakhand

Jakh is a medium size village located in Dwarahat Tehsil of Almora district, Uttarakhand with total 89 families residing. The Jakh village has population of 343 of which 148 are males while 195 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jakh village population of children with age 0-6 is 51 which makes up 14.87 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jakh village is 1318 which is higher than Uttarakhand state average of 963. Child Sex Ratio for the Jakh as per census is 594, lower than Uttarakhand average of 890.

Jakh village has lower literacy rate compared to Uttarakhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Jakh village was 69.18 % compared to 78.82 % of Uttarakhand. In Jakh Male literacy stands at 87.93 % while female literacy rate was 56.82 %.

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 89 - -
Population 343 148 195
Child (0-6) 51 32 19
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 2 2 0
Literacy 69.18 % 87.93 % 56.82 %
Total Workers 261 96 165
Main Worker 42 - -
Marginal Worker 219 64 155

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 0.58 % of total population in Jakh village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Jakh village of Almora.

Work Profile

In Jakh village out of total population, 261 were engaged in work activities. 16.09 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 83.91 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 261 workers engaged in Main Work, 32 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.