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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
MERI horo
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- LGD code
- 374429
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population
- 564
- Households
- 107
- Literacy rate
- 60.3%
- Sex ratio
- 986 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 341
Census 2011 · in context
How Jamakel compares
By population, Jamakel ranks #50 of 79 villages in Lapung mandal.
Literacy rate
%
60.3%
+9.9% vs mandal average
- Jamakel
- 60.3%
- Lapung mandal
- 50.4%
- Ranchi district
- 65.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
986
−27 vs mandal average
- Jamakel
- 986
- Lapung mandal
- 1,013
Household size
people per home
5.3
Same as the mandal average
- Jamakel
- 5.3
- Lapung mandal
- 5.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Jamakel at a glance
Jamakel is a village of 564 people in 107 households (Census 2011) in Lapung block, Ranchi district, Jharkhand, the 50th-largest of 79 villages in Lapung block. Literacy is 60%, 10 points above the block average of 50% and the sex ratio is 986 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 834001, served by Church Road post office; the LGD village code is 374429. The sarpanch is MERI horo, and the village votes in Gomia assembly constituency, represented by MLA Yogendra Prasad. The population is estimated at 665 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Jamakel
- 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
- 0
- 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
- No
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- RANCHI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 80
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 80
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- MAHUGAON
- Total area (ha)
- 250.72
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 8.2
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Jamakel
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Key facts — Jamakel
- LGD code
- 374429
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population (Census 2011)
- 564
- Population (projected 2026)
- 665
- Households
- 107
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 986
- Literacy rate
- 60.3%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Giridih
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Gomia
- Member of Parliament
- Chandra Prakash Choudhary
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Yogendra Prasad
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- MERI horo
- Block / Mandal
- Lapung
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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
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)