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Ancestral home of '62 war hero in Uttarakhand to be made museum
Reported by The Times of India.
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- LGD code
- 42630
- Pincode
- 246475
- Post office
- Tilwara
- Population
- 435
- Households
- 98
- Literacy rate
- 73.8%
- Sex ratio
- 1302 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 228
Census 2011 · in context
How Makhet compares
By population, Makhet ranks #42 of 114 villages in Jakholi* mandal.
Literacy rate
%
73.8%
+8.3% vs mandal average
Makhet73.8%
Jakholi* mandal65.5%
Rudra Prayag district70.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,302
+106 vs mandal average
Makhet1,302
Jakholi* mandal1,196
Household size
people per home
4.4
−0.3 vs mandal average
Makhet4.4
Jakholi* mandal4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Makhet at a glance
Makhet is a village of 435 people in 98 households (Census 2011) in Jakholi* tehsil, Rudra Prayag district, Uttarakhand, the 42nd-largest of 114 villages in Jakholi* tehsil. Literacy is 74%, 8 points above the tehsil average of 66% and the sex ratio is 1,302 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 246475, served by Tilwara post office; the LGD village code is 42630. The population is estimated at 513 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Makhet
- LGD code
- 42630
- Pincode
- 246475
- Post office
- Tilwara
- Population (Census 2011)
- 435
- Population (projected 2026)
- 513
- Households
- 98
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1302
- Literacy rate
- 73.8%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Garhwal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Deoprayag
- Member of Parliament
- Anil Baluni
- Block / Mandal
- Jakholi*
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
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