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Uttarakhand CM orders Chamoli village road completion in 3 months
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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Radha Devi
Contact: 95****5145
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- LGD code
- 41060
- Pincode
- 246435
- Post office
- Ghat
- Population
- 573
- Households
- 123
- Literacy rate
- 71.2%
- Sex ratio
- 1146 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 282
- Distance to district centre
- 13 km
- Distance to Dehradun
- 137 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 282 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Farswan Clinic · 4 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Jakhni compares
By population, Jakhni ranks #22 of 77 villages in Ghaat mandal.
Literacy rate
%
71.2%
+6.4% vs mandal average
Jakhni71.2%
Ghaat mandal64.8%
Chamoli district71.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,146
+118 vs mandal average
Jakhni1,146
Ghaat mandal1,028
Household size
people per home
4.7
−0.3 vs mandal average
Jakhni4.7
Ghaat mandal5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Jakhni at a glance
Jakhni is a village of 573 people in 123 households (Census 2011) in Ghaat tehsil, Chamoli district, Uttarakhand, the 22nd-largest of 77 villages in Ghaat tehsil. Literacy is 71%, 6 points above the tehsil average of 65% and the sex ratio is 1,146 women per 1,000 men. It lies 13 km from the Chamoli district centre, 41 km from Sirauli, the nearest town (straight-line distances). The pincode is 246435, served by Ghat post office; the LGD village code is 41060. The nearest hospital or health centre is Farswan Clinic, 4 km away. The sarpanch is Radha Devi, and the village votes in Tharali assembly constituency, represented by MLA Bhupal Ram Tamta. The population is estimated at 676 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Jakhni
- LGD code
- 41060
- Pincode
- 246435
- Post office
- Ghat
- Population (Census 2011)
- 573
- Population (projected 2026)
- 676
- Households
- 123
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1146
- Literacy rate
- 71.2%
- Coordinates
- 30.22630°N, 79.45561°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Garhwal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Tharali
- Member of Parliament
- Anil Baluni
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Bhupal Ram Tamta
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Radha Devi
- Block / Mandal
- Ghaat
Getting there
How to reach Jakhni
Distance to cities · straight line
- Dehradun137 kmcapital
- Delhi282 km
- Kolkata1228 km
- Mumbai1406 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Bus stopPursari19 km
- Hospital / PHCFarswan Clinic4 km
- ATM / bankSBI23 km
- Petrol pumpINDIAN OIL FUEL STATION24 km
- CollegeUttarakhand University of Horticulture & Forestry48 km
- Police stationMilitary border36 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Jakhni
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Binsar PahariTemple3.7 km ↗
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- 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
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