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Jakh Population - Nainital, Uttarakhand

Jakh is a medium size village located in Kosya Kutauli Tehsil of Nainital district, Uttarakhand with total 86 families residing. The Jakh village has population of 474 of which 240 are males while 234 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jakh village population of children with age 0-6 is 51 which makes up 10.76 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jakh village is 975 which is higher than Uttarakhand state average of 963. Child Sex Ratio for the Jakh as per census is 1125, higher than Uttarakhand average of 890.

Jakh village has higher literacy rate compared to Uttarakhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Jakh village was 88.42 % compared to 78.82 % of Uttarakhand. In Jakh Male literacy stands at 97.22 % while female literacy rate was 79.23 %.

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 86 - -
Population 474 240 234
Child (0-6) 51 24 27
Schedule Caste 152 79 73
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 88.42 % 97.22 % 79.23 %
Total Workers 259 133 126
Main Worker 249 - -
Marginal Worker 10 3 7

Caste Factor

Jakh village of Nainital has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 32.07 % 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, 259 were engaged in work activities. 96.14 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.86 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 259 workers engaged in Main Work, 137 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 102 were Agricultural labourer.