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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Jamara is a village in Kendrapara Sadar mandal, Kendrapara district, Odisha, with a population of 1,577 across 361 households. The village has a literacy rate of 74.1% and is located at coordinates 20.466°N, 85.113°E.
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- LGD code
- 396578
- Pincode
- 754214
- Post office
- Indupur
- Population
- 1,577
- Households
- 361
- Literacy rate
- 74.1%
- Sex ratio
- 1004 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 465
- Distance to district centre
- 27 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 77 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 410 km
- Nearest railway station
- Nuagaon · 27 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital · 3 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Jamara compares
By population, Jamara ranks #23 of 139 villages in Kendrapara Sadar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
74.1%
−3.4% vs mandal average
- Jamara
- 74.1%
- Kendrapara Sadar mandal
- 77.5%
- Kendrapara district
- 75.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,004
+28 vs mandal average
- Jamara
- 1,004
- Kendrapara Sadar mandal
- 976
Household size
people per home
4.4
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Jamara
- 4.4
- Kendrapara Sadar mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Jamara at a glance
Jamara is a village of 1,577 people in 361 households (Census 2011) in Kendrapara Sadar block, Kendrapara district, Odisha, the 23rd-largest of 139 villages in Kendrapara Sadar block. Literacy is 74%, 3 points below the block average of 78% and the sex ratio is 1,004 women per 1,000 men. It lies 27 km from the Kendrapara district centre, 27 km from Nuagaon railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 754214, served by Indupur post office; the LGD village code is 396578. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, 3 km away. The village votes in Baramba assembly constituency, represented by MLA Bijaya Kumar Dalabehera. The population is estimated at 1,859 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Jamara
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 13
- Power hours (winter)
- 15
- Primary school
- 2
- 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
- Yes
- 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
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- KENDRAPARA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 12
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 8
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 8
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Dhola
- Total area (ha)
- 208
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 135.8
- Forest area (ha)
- 1.84
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Jamara
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Jamara
- LGD code
- 396578
- Pincode
- 754214
- Post office
- Indupur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,577
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,859
- Households
- 361
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1004
- Literacy rate
- 74.1%
- Coordinates
- 20.46588°N, 85.11303°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Cuttack
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Baramba
- Member of Parliament
- Bhartruhari Mahtab
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Bijaya Kumar Dalabehera
- Block / Mandal
- Kendrapara Sadar
- Nearest railway station
- Tapang (67.0 km)
Getting there
How to reach Jamara
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar77 kmcapital
- Kolkata410 km
- Hyderabad776 km
- Chennai969 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationNuagaon27 km
- Bus stopSiaria Chhaka9 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital3 km
- ATM / bankUCO Bank ATM4 km
- CollegeChampeswar Anchalik Mahavidyalaya7 km
- Police stationRaghunath Nivas23 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Jamara
4 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 754214
- IndupurKendrapara mandal5,180 pop
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- DhumatKendrapara Sadar mandal3,167 pop
- MangalpurDerabish mandal2,924 pop
- GhagaraNikirai mandal2,649 pop
- ChariganKendrapara Sadar mandal2,470 pop
- AlapuaPattamundai mandal2,446 pop
- ChhotiDerabish mandal2,413 pop
- DhumatsasanNikirai mandal2,051 pop
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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
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-11
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)