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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
DOCTOR PRASHAD RATHIYA
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- LGD code
- 434783
- Pincode
- 496005
- Post office
- JSPL Patrapli
- Population
- 170
- Households
- 35
- Literacy rate
- 42.9%
- Sex ratio
- 1024 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 105
Census 2011 · in context
How Jamchunwa compares
By population, Jamchunwa ranks #110 of 117 villages in Tamnar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
42.9%
−20.9% vs mandal average
- Jamchunwa
- 42.9%
- Tamnar mandal
- 63.8%
- Raigarh district
- 63.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,024
+38 vs mandal average
- Jamchunwa
- 1,024
- Tamnar mandal
- 986
Household size
people per home
4.9
+0.8 vs mandal average
- Jamchunwa
- 4.9
- Tamnar mandal
- 4.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Jamchunwa at a glance
Jamchunwa is a village of 170 people in 35 households (Census 2011) in Tamnar tehsil, Raigarh district, Chhattisgarh, the 110th-largest of 117 villages in Tamnar tehsil. Literacy is 43%, 21 points below the tehsil average of 64% and the sex ratio is 1,024 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 496005, served by JSPL Patrapli post office; the LGD village code is 434783. The sarpanch is DOCTOR PRASHAD RATHIYA, and the village votes in Kasdol assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sandeep Sahu. The population is estimated at 200 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Jamchunwa
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 14
- Power hours (winter)
- 16
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- GHARGHODA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 26
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 26
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 20
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- JIVRI
- Total area (ha)
- 79.84
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0.77
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Jamchunwa
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Jamchunwa
- LGD code
- 434783
- Pincode
- 496005
- Post office
- JSPL Patrapli
- Population (Census 2011)
- 170
- Population (projected 2026)
- 200
- Households
- 35
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1024
- Literacy rate
- 42.9%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Janjgir-Champa
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Kasdol
- Member of Parliament
- Kamlesh Jangde
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Sandeep Sahu
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- DOCTOR PRASHAD RATHIYA
- Block / Mandal
- Tamnar
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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, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-19
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)