Jama, Dumka (village)

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Jama
Village
Jama is located in Jharkhand
Jama
Jama
Location in Jharkhand, India
Coordinates: 24°22′06″N 87°15′52″E / 24.368333°N 87.264444°E / 24.368333; 87.264444Coordinates: 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[]

[Interactive fullscreen map]
Cities, towns and locations in the Deoghar, Dumka and Jamtara districts in Santhal Pargana Division
M: Municipality, CT: census town, R: Rural/ Urban centre, D: Dam,
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly

Location[]

Jama is located at

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

Overview[]

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[]

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

Demographics[]

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[]

Police station[]

There is a police station at Jama.[3]

CD block HQ[]

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

Education[]

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[]

  1. ^ Roychoudhury, P.C. "Bihar District Gazetteers: Santhal Parganas". Chapter I: General. Secretariat Press, Patna, 1965. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  2. ^ a b "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.
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