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Swarm Attacks Claim 4 Lives In A Month In Jharkhand's Giridih Village; Wasp Species Yet To Be Confirmed
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Jamua is a village in Gawan mandal, Giridih district, Jharkhand, with a population of 458 across 65 households and a literacy rate of 22.5%. It is located at coordinates 24.360°N, 86.146°E.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
fulmuni murmu
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- LGD code
- 350217
- Pincode
- 825412
- Post office
- Rajdhanwarf
- Population
- 458
- Households
- 65
- Literacy rate
- 22.5%
- Sex ratio
- 1223 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 154
- Distance to district centre
- 34 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 6 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 141 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 301 km
- Nearest railway station
- Jamua · <1 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Crest Care Hospital · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Jamua compares
By population, Jamua ranks #63 of 160 villages in Gawan mandal.
Literacy rate
%
22.5%
−26.5% vs mandal average
- Jamua
- 22.5%
- Gawan mandal
- 49.0%
- Giridih district
- 51.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,223
+258 vs mandal average
- Jamua
- 1,223
- Gawan mandal
- 965
Household size
people per home
7.0
+0.6 vs mandal average
- Jamua
- 7.0
- Gawan mandal
- 6.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Jamua at a glance
Jamua is a village of 458 people in 65 households (Census 2011) in Gawan block, Giridih district, Jharkhand, the 63rd-largest of 160 villages in Gawan block. Literacy is 23%, 27 points below the block average of 49% and the sex ratio is 1,223 women per 1,000 men. It lies 34 km from the Giridih district centre, 29 km from Beko, the nearest town, under 1 km from Jamua railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 825412, served by Rajdhanwarf post office; the LGD village code is 350217. The nearest hospital or health centre is Crest Care Hospital, <1 km away. The sarpanch is fulmuni murmu, and the village votes in Jamua assembly constituency, represented by MLA Manju Kumari. The population is estimated at 540 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Jamua
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- Primary school
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- Yes
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- 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
- GIRIDIH
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 68
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 68
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 14
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- JAMDAAR
- Total area (ha)
- 161.63
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 1.92
- Forest area (ha)
- 60.1
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Jamua
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Jamua
- LGD code
- 350217
- Pincode
- 825412
- Post office
- Rajdhanwarf
- Population (Census 2011)
- 458
- Population (projected 2026)
- 540
- Households
- 65
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1223
- Literacy rate
- 22.5%
- Coordinates
- 24.36002°N, 86.14643°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kodarma
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Jamua
- Member of Parliament
- Annpurna Devi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Manju Kumari
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- fulmuni murmu
- Block / Mandal
- Gawan
Getting there
How to reach Jamua
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi141 kmcapital
- Kolkata301 km
- Delhi1007 km
- Hyderabad1111 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationJamua<1 km
- Hospital / PHCCrest Care Hospital<1 km
- CollegeBajla Mahila College57 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Jamua
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Surya MandirTemple4.7 km ↗
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- 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
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