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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
TINKU KARMAKAR
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- LGD code
- 330690
- Pincode
- 723132
- Post office
- Panchakotraj
- Population
- 8
- Households
- 2
- Literacy rate
- 75%
- Sex ratio
- 1000 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 5
- Distance to district centre
- 95 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 99 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 156 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 1043 km
- Nearest railway station
- Gidhni · 4 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Anadlok Hospital · 14 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Jambani compares
By population, Jambani ranks #198 of 209 villages in Kashipur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
75.0%
+14.2% vs mandal average
- Jambani
- 75.0%
- Kashipur mandal
- 60.8%
- Purulia district
- 55.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,000
+36 vs mandal average
- Jambani
- 1,000
- Kashipur mandal
- 964
Household size
people per home
4.0
−1.0 vs mandal average
- Jambani
- 4.0
- Kashipur mandal
- 5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Jambani at a glance
Jambani is a village of 8 people in 2 households (Census 2011) in Kashipur block, Purulia district, West Bengal, the 198th-largest of 209 villages in Kashipur block. Literacy is 75%, 14 points above the block average of 61% and the sex ratio is 1,000 women per 1,000 men. It lies 95 km from the Purulia district centre, 4 km from Gidhni railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 723132, served by Panchakotraj post office; the LGD village code is 330690. The nearest hospital or health centre is Anadlok Hospital, 14 km away. The sarpanch is TINKU KARMAKAR, and the village votes in Kashipur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kamala Kanta Hansda. The population is estimated at 9 in 2026, up 13% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Jambani
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 18
- Power hours (winter)
- 18
- 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
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 85
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 36
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Jambani
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Jambani
- LGD code
- 330690
- Pincode
- 723132
- Post office
- Panchakotraj
- Population (Census 2011)
- 8
- Population (projected 2026)
- 9
- Households
- 2
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1000
- Literacy rate
- 75.0%
- Coordinates
- 22.51876°N, 86.84375°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Purulia
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Kashipur
- Member of Parliament
- Jyotirmay Singh Mahato
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Kamala Kanta Hansda
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- TINKU KARMAKAR
- Block / Mandal
- Kashipur
Getting there
How to reach Jambani
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata156 kmcapital
- Hyderabad1043 km
- Delhi1180 km
- Chennai1258 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationGidhni4 km
- Bus stopKalapathar Bus Stand17 km
- Hospital / PHCAnadlok Hospital14 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India17 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil18 km
- CollegeMidnapore City College50 km
- Police stationHijli TOP Police Station53 km
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)