# Jakh Village, Kosya Kutauli, Nainital (Uttarakhand)

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Village · Kosya Kutauli, Nainital 

# Jakh

Jakh is a village in Kosya Kutauli sub-district of Nainital district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **474 people in 86 households**, the 25th largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 85.4%.

- 474people (2011)
- 86households
- 88.4%literacy
- 975females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jakh

Of every 100 households in Jakh in 2011, 87 had electricity, 72 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 62 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Jakh · ■ Kosya Kutauli rural average

Electricity for lighting ****87%**

**93%

Toilet within the home ****72%**

**75%

No toilet (open defecation) ****28%**

**22%

Tap water ****96%**

**84%

Drinking water within premises ****73%**

**33%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**20%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**79%

Use banking services ****49%**

**80%

Television ****34%**

**52%

Mobile phone ****62%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**2%

None of these assets ****31%**

**20%

Own their home ****98%**

**88%

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 · ■ Kosya Kutauli rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.4%**

**85.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****975**

**1016

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1125**

**956

Working population ****54.6%**

**51.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 97.2% for men and 79.2% for women. 55% of men and 54% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 137 (53%) · **■** Farm labourers 102 (39%) · **■** Other work 10 (4%) · **■** Marginal 10 (4%)

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 Kosya Kutauli

- Bhowali Gaon483 people
- Sirsa479 people
- Kaphura478 people
- Chorsa475 people
- Manarsa451 people
- Padli440 people
- Ghuna437 people
- Chopara409 people

[All 126 villages in Kosya Kutauli](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/nainital/kosya-kutauli/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jakh?474 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jakh in?Nainital district (Kosya Kutauli sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Jakh?88.4% (Census 2011)