Jamda observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Jharkhand.
Jamda is a village in Potka mandal, East Singhbum district, Jharkhand, with a population of 1,163 across 252 households and a literacy rate of 57.1%. The village is situated at 22.261°N, 86.051°E under PIN code 831002.
By population, Jamda ranks #43 of 291 villages in Potka mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Jamda is a village of 1,163 people in 252 households (Census 2011) in Potka block, East Singhbum district, Jharkhand, the 43rd-largest of 291 villages in Potka block. Literacy is 57%, 4 points above the block average of 54% and the sex ratio is 1,048 women per 1,000 men. It lies 118 km from the East Singhbum district centre, 13 km from Rairangpur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 831002, served by Tatanagar post office; the LGD village code is 363890. The nearest hospital or health centre is Sipra Clinic, 13 km away. The sarpanch is JIMA SARDAR, and the village votes in Jugsalai assembly constituency, represented by MLA Mangal Kalindi. The population is estimated at 1,371 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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