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Jhakra

झाकरा
Kanda mandal
Pincode 263640
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
sarita arya
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LGD code
50701
Pincode
263640
Post office
Kameridevi
Population
432
Households
103
Literacy rate
69.2%
Sex ratio
1107 ♀/1000♂
Workers
298
Distance to district centre
3 km
Distance to mandal centre
4 km
Distance to Dehradun
162 km
Distance to Delhi
277 km
Nearest railway station
Kathgodam · 72 km
Nearest hospital / PHC
Surya Diagnostic Centre · 3 km
Census 2011 · in context

How Jhakra compares

By population, Jhakra ranks #12 of 180 villages in Kanda mandal.

Literacy rate
%
69.2%
+0.8% vs mandal average
Jhakra
69.2%
Kanda mandal
68.4%
Bageshwar district
69.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,107
−20 vs mandal average
Jhakra
1,107
Kanda mandal
1,127
Household size
people per home
4.2
+0.1 vs mandal average
Jhakra
4.2
Kanda mandal
4.1

Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).

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Jhakra at a glance

Jhakra is a village of 432 people in 103 households (Census 2011) in Kanda tehsil, Bageshwar district, Uttarakhand, the 12th-largest of 180 villages in Kanda tehsil. Literacy is 69%, about the same as the tehsil average of 68% and the sex ratio is 1,107 women per 1,000 men. It lies 3 km from the Bageshwar district centre, 27 km from Sirauli, the nearest town, 72 km from Kathgodam railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 263640, served by Kameridevi post office; the LGD village code is 50701. The nearest hospital or health centre is Surya Diagnostic Centre, 3 km away. The sarpanch is sarita arya , and the village votes in Bageshwar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Chandan Ram Dass. The population is estimated at 509 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.

Gram panchayat: Jahakara

Nearby villages compared

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villagePopulationLiteracyDistance
Jhakra · this village43269%
Thanga · Kanda17460%0 km N
Dantoli · Kanda00.6 km W
Chauni · Kanda3479%0.6 km W
Rajoli · Kanda8273%0.6 km W
Lwatoli · Kanda9170%0.6 km W
Ganyura · Kanda01.1 km S

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Key facts — Jhakra

LGD code
50701
Pincode
263640
Post office
Kameridevi
Population (Census 2011)
432
Population (projected 2026)
509
Households
103
Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
1107
Literacy rate
69.2%
Coordinates
29.91247°N, 79.65121°E
Lok Sabha constituency
Almora
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Bageshwar
Member of Parliament
Ajay Tamta
Member of Legislative Assembly
Chandan Ram Dass
Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
sarita arya
Block / Mandal
Kanda
Getting there

How to reach Jhakra

Mandal centre
Kanda · ≈ 3.9 km
≈ 8 min by car · 9 min by bike
Directions
District centre
Bageshwar · ≈ 3.2 km
≈ 7 min by car · 8 min by bike
Directions
Nearest town · 18,600 people
Sirauli · ≈ 27 km
≈ 56 min by car · 1 h 7 min by bike
Directions
Distance to cities · straight line
  • Dehradun162 kmcapital
  • Delhi277 km
  • Kolkata1191 km
  • Mumbai1385 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
  • Railway stationKathgodam72 km
  • Bus stopbageshwar bus station16 km
  • Hospital / PHCSurya Diagnostic Centre3 km
  • ATM / bankUttarakhand Gramin Bank4 km
  • Petrol pumpHindustan Petroleum29 km
  • CollegeGovt Post Graduate College15 km
Places of worship · within 5 km

Temples & shrines near Jhakra

5 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.

  • 🛕Baijnath templeTemple3.5 km ↗
  • 🛕Baijnath Temple ComplexTemple3.5 km ↗
  • 🛕Tallihat group of temples and Katyuri mound, UttarakhandTemple3.9 km ↗
  • 🛕Three temples of the Indo-Aryan shikhara type known as Lakshmi Narayan Temple, Rakshas Deval Temple and Satya Narayan TempleTemple4.0 km ↗
  • 🛕Kot Ki Mai TempleTemple4.2 km ↗
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Sources & freshness
  • Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
  • Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
  • Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
  • Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
  • Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
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