# Jakh Village, Sult, Almora (Uttarakhand) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Sult, Almora 

# Jakh

Jakh is a village in Sult sub-district of Almora district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **1,399 people in 290 households**, the 1st largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 75.1%.

- 1,399people (2011)
- 290households
- 79.2%literacy
- 1,073females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jakh

Of every 100 households in Jakh in 2011, 73 had electricity, 25 a toilet at home and 18 cooked with LPG; 72 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Jakh · ■ Sult rural average

Electricity for lighting ****73%**

**64%

Toilet within the home ****25%**

**30%

No toilet (open defecation) ****75%**

**70%

Tap water ****46%**

**82%

Drinking water within premises ****18%**

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****18%**

**14%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****78%**

**85%

Use banking services ****86%**

**89%

Television ****36%**

**34%

Mobile phone ****72%**

**59%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**1%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****22%**

**28%

Own their home ****86%**

**94%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Jakh?

■ Jakh · ■ Sult rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.2%**

**75.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1073**

**1240

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****685**

**932

Working population ****45.1%**

**47.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.2% for men and 66.2% for women. 44% of men and 46% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 342 (54%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 160 (25%) · **■** Marginal 126 (20%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Sult

- Taram1,202 people
- Matakhani1,168 people
- Panua Devakhan1,167 people
- Dabhara Saural999 people

[All 232 villages in Sult](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/almora/sult/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jakh?1,399 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jakh in?Almora district (Sult sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Jakh?79.2% (Census 2011)