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Jamda

Raipur mandal
Pincode 722162
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Jamda is a village in Raipur mandal, Bankura district, West Bengal. With a population of 1,272 across 305 households, it has a literacy rate of 62.2%. The village is located at coordinates 22.261°N, 86.051°E.

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LGD code
329573
Pincode
722162
Post office
Fulkusma
Population
1,272
Households
305
Literacy rate
62.2%
Sex ratio
984 ♀/1000♂
Workers
568
Distance to district centre
157 km
Distance to mandal centre
120 km
Distance to Kolkata
240 km
Distance to Hyderabad
959 km
Nearest railway station
Rairangpur · 13 km
Nearest hospital / PHC
Sipra Clinic · 13 km
Census 2011 · in context

How Jamda compares

By population, Jamda ranks #35 of 205 villages in Raipur mandal.

Literacy rate
%
62.2%
−0.5% vs mandal average
Jamda
62.2%
Raipur mandal
62.7%
Bankura district
62.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
984
+21 vs mandal average
Jamda
984
Raipur mandal
963
Household size
people per home
4.2
−0.4 vs mandal average
Jamda
4.2
Raipur mandal
4.6

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

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Jamda at a glance

Jamda is a village of 1,272 people in 305 households (Census 2011) in Raipur block, Bankura district, West Bengal, the 35th-largest of 205 villages in Raipur block. Literacy is 62%, about the same as the block average, and the sex ratio is 984 women per 1,000 men. It lies 157 km from the Bankura district centre, 13 km from Rairangpur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 722162, served by Fulkusma post office; the LGD village code is 329573. The nearest hospital or health centre is Sipra Clinic, 13 km away. The village votes in Taldangra assembly constituency, represented by MLA Souvik Patra. The population is estimated at 1,500 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.

Gram panchayat: Melera

Key facts — Jamda

LGD code
329573
Pincode
722162
Post office
Fulkusma
Population (Census 2011)
1,272
Population (projected 2026)
1,500
Households
305
Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
984
Literacy rate
62.2%
Coordinates
22.26050°N, 86.05080°E
Lok Sabha constituency
Bankura
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Taldangra
Member of Parliament
Arup Chakraborty
Member of Legislative Assembly
Souvik Patra
Block / Mandal
Raipur
Getting there

How to reach Jamda

Mandal centre
Raipur · ≈ 120 km
≈ 4 h 7 min by car · 4 h 53 min by bike
Directions
District centre
Bankura · ≈ 157 km
≈ 5 h 22 min by car · 6 h 23 min by bike
Directions
Distance to cities · straight line
  • Kolkata240 kmcapital
  • Hyderabad959 km
  • Delhi1134 km
  • Chennai1190 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
  • Railway stationRairangpur13 km
  • Hospital / PHCSipra Clinic13 km
  • ATM / bankGrameen Bank.25 km
  • Petrol pumpPetrol Pump18 km
  • CollegeTraining College Ground-258 km
  • Police stationKumardungi Police Station.19 km
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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, 2026-09-06
  • Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
  • Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
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