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Jama

Madhupur mandal
Pincode 815357
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Prema Devi
Contact: 70****6700
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LGD code
354624
Pincode
815357
Post office
Karogram
Population
651
Households
101
Literacy rate
66.7%
Sex ratio
887 ♀/1000♂
Workers
201
Distance to district centre
26 km
Distance to mandal centre
32 km
Distance to Ranchi
218 km
Distance to Kolkata
233 km
Nearest railway station
Jama · 1 km
Nearest hospital / PHC
Community Health Centre, Jama · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context

How Jama compares

By population, Jama ranks #77 of 221 villages in Madhupur mandal.

Literacy rate
%
66.7%
+18.8% vs mandal average
Jama
66.7%
Madhupur mandal
47.9%
Deoghar district
53.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
887
−54 vs mandal average
Jama
887
Madhupur mandal
941
Household size
people per home
6.4
+0.6 vs mandal average
Jama
6.4
Madhupur mandal
5.8

Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).

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Jama at a glance

Jama is a village of 651 people in 101 households (Census 2011) in Madhupur block, Deoghar district, Jharkhand, the 77th-largest of 221 villages in Madhupur block. Literacy is 67%, 19 points above the block average, and the sex ratio is 887 women per 1,000 men. It lies 26 km from the Deoghar district centre, 55 km from Pratappur, the nearest town, 1 km from Jama railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 815357, served by Karogram post office; the LGD village code is 354624. The nearest hospital or health centre is Community Health Centre, Jama, under 1 km away. The sarpanch is Prema Devi, and the village votes in Jarmundi assembly constituency, represented by Devendra Kunwar. The population is estimated at 768 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.

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Key facts — Jama

LGD code
354624
Pincode
815357
Post office
Karogram
Population (Census 2011)
651
Population (projected 2026)
768
Households
101
Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
887
Literacy rate
66.7%
Coordinates
24.35008°N, 87.14754°E
Lok Sabha constituency
Godda
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Jarmundi
Member of Parliament
Nishikant Dubey
Member of Legislative Assembly
Devendra Kunwar
Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
Prema Devi
Block / Mandal
Madhupur
Getting there

How to reach Jama

Mandal centre
Madhupur · ≈ 32 km
≈ 1 h 6 min by car · 1 h 19 min by bike
Directions
District centre
Deoghar · ≈ 26 km
≈ 53 min by car · 1 h 2 min by bike
Directions
Nearest town · 10,430 people
Pratappur · ≈ 55 km
≈ 1 h 52 min by car · 2 h 13 min by bike
Directions
Distance to cities · straight line
  • Ranchi218 kmcapital
  • Kolkata233 km
  • Delhi1096 km
  • Hyderabad1187 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
  • Railway stationJama1 km
  • Bus stopold bus stand14 km
  • Hospital / PHCCommunity Health Centre, Jama<1 km
  • ATM / bankSBI Main Branch14 km
  • CollegeBajla Mahila College49 km
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Sources & freshness
  • Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
  • Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
  • Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
  • Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
  • Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
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