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Last edited May 28, 2021
Jama
Village
Location in Jharkhand, India
Jama is located in India
Jama
Jama
Jama (India)
Coordinates: 24°22′06″N 87°15′52″E / 24.368333°N 87.264444°E / 24.368333; 87.264444
Country India
StateJharkhand
DistrictDumka
Population
 (2011)
 • Total843
Languages (*For language details see Jama, Dumka#Language and religion)
 • OfficialHindi, Urdu
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
814110
Telephone/ STD code06431
Lok Sabha constituencyDumka
Vidhan Sabha constituencyJama
Websitedumka.nic.in

Jama is a village in the Jama community development block in the Dumka Sadar subdivision of the Dumka district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.

Geography[edit | edit source]

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Location[edit | edit source]

Jama is located at 24°22′06″N 87°15′52″E / 24.368333°N 87.264444°E / 24.368333; 87.264444.

Overview[edit | edit source]

The map shows a large area, which is a plateau with low hills, except in the eastern portion where the Rajmahal hills intrude into this area and the Ramgarh hills are there. The south-western portion is just a rolling upland. The entire area is overwhelmingly rural with only small pockets of urbanisation.[1]

Note: The full screen map is interesting. All places marked on the map are linked in the full screen map and one can easily move on to another page of his/her choice. Enlarge the full screen map to see what else is there – one gets railway connections, many more road connections and so on.

Area[edit | edit source]

Jama has an area of 161 hectares (400 acres).[2]

Demographics[edit | edit source]

According to the 2011 Census of India, Jama had a total population of 843, of which 413 (49%) were males and 430 (51%) were females. Population in the age range 0-6 years was 143. The total number of literate persons in Jama was 700 (67.00% of the population over 6 years). [2]

Civic administration[edit | edit source]

Police station[edit | edit source]

There is a police station at Jama.[3]

CD block HQ[edit | edit source]

Headquarters of Jama, Dumka CD block is at Jama village.[4]

Education[edit | edit source]

Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya, Jama, is a Hindi-medium girls only institution established in 2007. It has facilities for teaching from class VI to class XII.[5]

Government High School Jama at Jarpura is a Hindi-medium coeducational institution established in 1969. It has facilities for teaching from class IX to class XII.[6]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Roychoudhury, P.C. "Bihar District Gazetteers: Santhal Parganas". Chapter I: General. Secretariat Press, Patna, 1965. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "District Census Handbook, Dumka, Series 21, Part XII B" (PDF). Page 25: District Primary Census Abstract, 2011 census. Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  3. "District Police Profile - Dumka". Jharkhand Police. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  4. "District Census Handbook, Dumka, Series 21, Part XII B" (PDF). Map of Dumka on the third page. Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  5. "KGBV Jama". Schools.org. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  6. "High School Jama". Schools.org.in. Retrieved 5 November 2020.