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Jalekh Population - Bageshwar, Uttarakhand

Jalekh is a medium size village located in Kapkot Tehsil of Bageshwar district, Uttarakhand with total 57 families residing. The Jalekh village has population of 259 of which 126 are males while 133 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jalekh village population of children with age 0-6 is 41 which makes up 15.83 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jalekh village is 1056 which is higher than Uttarakhand state average of 963. Child Sex Ratio for the Jalekh as per census is 1278, higher than Uttarakhand average of 890.

Jalekh village has lower literacy rate compared to Uttarakhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Jalekh village was 71.56 % compared to 78.82 % of Uttarakhand. In Jalekh Male literacy stands at 85.19 % while female literacy rate was 58.18 %.

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

Jalekh Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 57 - -
Population 259 126 133
Child (0-6) 41 18 23
Schedule Caste 117 61 56
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 71.56 % 85.19 % 58.18 %
Total Workers 141 71 70
Main Worker 104 - -
Marginal Worker 37 11 26

Caste Factor

In Jalekh village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 45.17 % of total population in Jalekh village. The village Jalekh currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jalekh village out of total population, 141 were engaged in work activities. 73.76 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 26.24 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 141 workers engaged in Main Work, 86 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.