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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
RAMI PAHARIN
Contact: 99****9325
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- LGD code
- 360132
- Pincode
- 814111
- Post office
- Amrapara
- Population
- 403
- Households
- 91
- Literacy rate
- 38.7%
- Sex ratio
- 919 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 249
Census 2011 · in context
How Jamkandar compares
By population, Jamkandar ranks #55 of 123 villages in Amrapara mandal.
Literacy rate
%
38.7%
+1.3% vs mandal average
- Jamkandar
- 38.7%
- Amrapara mandal
- 37.4%
- Pakur district
- 39.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
919
−64 vs mandal average
- Jamkandar
- 919
- Amrapara mandal
- 983
Household size
people per home
4.4
−0.5 vs mandal average
- Jamkandar
- 4.4
- Amrapara mandal
- 4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Jamkandar at a glance
Jamkandar is a village of 403 people in 91 households (Census 2011) in Amrapara block, Pakur district, Jharkhand, the 55th-largest of 123 villages in Amrapara block. Literacy is 39%, 1 points above the block average of 37% and the sex ratio is 919 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 814111, served by Amrapara post office; the LGD village code is 360132. The sarpanch is RAMI PAHARIN, and the village votes in Dumka assembly constituency, represented by MLA Basant Soren. The population is estimated at 475 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Jamkandar
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- 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
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- 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
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- PAKAUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 65
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 65
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 15
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- DUMARCHIR
- Total area (ha)
- 156
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 12.19
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Jamkandar
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Jamkandar
- LGD code
- 360132
- Pincode
- 814111
- Post office
- Amrapara
- Population (Census 2011)
- 403
- Population (projected 2026)
- 475
- Households
- 91
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 919
- Literacy rate
- 38.7%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Dumka
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Dumka
- Member of Parliament
- Nalin Soren
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Basant Soren
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- RAMI PAHARIN
- Block / Mandal
- Amrapara
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
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