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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
MONIKA MARANDI
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- LGD code
- 360667
- Pincode
- 816106
- Post office
- Maheshpur Raj
- Population
- 195
- Households
- 37
- Literacy rate
- 40.5%
- Sex ratio
- 1074 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 102
Census 2011 · in context
How Jamchua compares
By population, Jamchua ranks #267 of 345 villages in Maheshpur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
40.5%
−2.4% vs mandal average
- Jamchua
- 40.5%
- Maheshpur mandal
- 42.9%
- Pakur district
- 39.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,074
+85 vs mandal average
- Jamchua
- 1,074
- Maheshpur mandal
- 989
Household size
people per home
5.3
+0.6 vs mandal average
- Jamchua
- 5.3
- Maheshpur mandal
- 4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Jamchua at a glance
Jamchua is a village of 195 people in 37 households (Census 2011) in Maheshpur block, Pakur district, Jharkhand, the 267th-largest of 345 villages in Maheshpur block. Literacy is 41%, 2 points below the block average of 43% and the sex ratio is 1,074 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 816106, served by Maheshpur Raj post office; the LGD village code is 360667. The sarpanch is MONIKA MARANDI. The population is estimated at 230 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jamchua · this village | 195 | 41% | — |
| Abhua · Maheshpur | 1,709 | 46% | — |
| Khagra · Maheshpur | 1,304 | 50% | — |
| Naraingarh · Maheshpur | 918 | 48% | — |
| Kangapahari · Maheshpur | 674 | 49% | — |
| Murgadangi · Maheshpur | 530 | 46% | — |
| Radhakrishnapur · Maheshpur | 360 | 48% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Jamchua
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- 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
- PAKUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 47
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 47
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- ABHUA
- Total area (ha)
- 61.06
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 2.1
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Jamchua
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Jamchua
- LGD code
- 360667
- Pincode
- 816106
- Post office
- Maheshpur Raj
- Population (Census 2011)
- 195
- Population (projected 2026)
- 230
- Households
- 37
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1074
- Literacy rate
- 40.5%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Dumka
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Skiaripara
- Member of Parliament
- Nalin Soren
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- MONIKA MARANDI
- Block / Mandal
- Maheshpur
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View all 60+ →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
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