Jamua is a village in Sonbarsa mandal, Sitamarhi district, Bihar, with a population of 2,735 in 493 households. The village has a literacy rate of 44.5% and is located at coordinates 24.529°N, 85.879°E with PIN code 843330.
By population, Jamua ranks #38 of 64 villages in Sonbarsa mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Jamua is a village of 2,735 people in 493 households (Census 2011) in Sonbarsa block, Sitamarhi district, Bihar, the 38th-largest of 64 villages in Sonbarsa block. Literacy is 45%, 5 points above the block average of 40% and the sex ratio is 906 women per 1,000 men. It lies 176 km from the Sitamarhi district centre, 0 km from Jamua, the nearest town, 15 km from Dhanwar railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 843330, served by Sonbersa post office; the LGD village code is 219105. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dr. A.N.Ram General Hospital, 8 km away. The sarpanch is Vina purve. The population is estimated at 3,225 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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