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Jakh Population - Almora, Uttarakhand

Jakh is a medium size village located in Sult Tehsil of Almora district, Uttarakhand with total 290 families residing. The Jakh village has population of 1399 of which 675 are males while 724 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jakh village population of children with age 0-6 is 182 which makes up 13.01 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jakh village is 1073 which is higher than Uttarakhand state average of 963. Child Sex Ratio for the Jakh as per census is 685, lower than Uttarakhand average of 890.

Jakh village has higher literacy rate compared to Uttarakhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Jakh village was 79.21 % compared to 78.82 % of Uttarakhand. In Jakh Male literacy stands at 94.18 % while female literacy rate was 66.15 %.

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 290 - -
Population 1,399 675 724
Child (0-6) 182 108 74
Schedule Caste 291 137 154
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 79.21 % 94.18 % 66.15 %
Total Workers 631 300 331
Main Worker 505 - -
Marginal Worker 126 54 72

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 20.80 % 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, 631 were engaged in work activities. 80.03 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 19.97 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 631 workers engaged in Main Work, 342 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.