Jamua observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Bihar.
Jamua is a village in Behea mandal, Bhojpur district, Bihar with a population of 2,308 spread across 306 households. The literacy rate stands at 60%, and the village is situated at coordinates 24.529°N, 85.879°E.
By population, Jamua ranks #23 of 98 villages in Behea mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Jamua is a village of 2,308 people in 306 households (Census 2011) in Behea block, Bhojpur district, Bihar, the 23rd-largest of 98 villages in Behea block. Literacy is 60%, 2 points above the block average of 58% and the sex ratio is 944 women per 1,000 men. It lies 119 km from the Bhojpur district centre, 0 km from Jamua, the nearest town, 15 km from Dhanwar railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 802152, served by Bihia post office; the LGD village code is 247132. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dr. A.N.Ram General Hospital, 8 km away. The sarpanch is MUNNI DEVI, and the village votes in Bakhtiarpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Arun Kumar S/O Satrughan Sao. The population is estimated at 2,721 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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