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Bear enters Chhattisgarh's Surguja village, mauls 3 basking in sun; woman critical
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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SHREEMATI KUMARI
Contact: 91****5670
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- LGD code
- 433578
- Pincode
- 497001
- Post office
- Ambikapur Nyalaya
- Population
- 1,452
- Households
- 339
- Literacy rate
- 53.6%
- Sex ratio
- 1031 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 709
Census 2011 · in context
How Jamkani compares
By population, Jamkani ranks #25 of 46 villages in Mainpat mandal.
Literacy rate
%
53.6%
+14.9% vs mandal average
Jamkani53.6%
Mainpat mandal38.7%
Surguja district50.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,031
+53 vs mandal average
Jamkani1,031
Mainpat mandal978
Household size
people per home
4.3
−0.2 vs mandal average
Jamkani4.3
Mainpat mandal4.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Jamkani at a glance
Jamkani is a village of 1,452 people in 339 households (Census 2011) in Mainpat tehsil, Surguja district, Chhattisgarh, the 25th-largest of 46 villages in Mainpat tehsil. Literacy is 54%, 15 points above the tehsil average of 39% and the sex ratio is 1,031 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 497001, served by Ambikapur Nyalaya post office; the LGD village code is 433578. The sarpanch is SHREEMATI KUMARI, and the village votes in Keshkal assembly constituency, represented by MLA Neelkanth Tekam. The population is estimated at 1,712 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Jamkani
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Primary school
- 3
- Middle school
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- Yes
- 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
- SITAPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 18
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 81
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 48
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- HARRAMAR
- Total area (ha)
- 337.46
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 11.02
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Jamkani
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Jamkani
- LGD code
- 433578
- Pincode
- 497001
- Post office
- Ambikapur Nyalaya
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,452
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,712
- Households
- 339
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1031
- Literacy rate
- 53.6%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kanker
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Keshkal
- Member of Parliament
- Bhojraj Nag
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Neelkanth Tekam
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SHREEMATI KUMARI
- Block / Mandal
- Mainpat
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View all 45+ →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
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)