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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Jamda is a village in Binpur-II mandal, Jhargram district, West Bengal, with a population of 96 in 20 households and a literacy rate of 66.7%.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SAMPITA MALLICK MANDAL
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- LGD code
- 335686
- Pincode
- 721516
- Post office
- Lalgarh (West Midnapore)
- Population
- 96
- Households
- 20
- Literacy rate
- 66.7%
- Sex ratio
- 1043 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 66
- Distance to district centre
- 101 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 97 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 240 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 959 km
- Nearest railway station
- Rairangpur · 13 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Sipra Clinic · 13 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Jamda compares
By population, Jamda ranks #343 of 469 villages in Binpur - II mandal.
Literacy rate
%
66.7%
+4.9% vs mandal average
- Jamda
- 66.7%
- Binpur - II mandal
- 61.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,043
+53 vs mandal average
- Jamda
- 1,043
- Binpur - II mandal
- 990
Household size
people per home
4.8
+0.6 vs mandal average
- Jamda
- 4.8
- Binpur - II mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Jamda at a glance
Jamda is a village of 96 people in 20 households (Census 2011) in Binpur - II block, Jhargram district, West Bengal, the 343rd-largest of 469 villages in Binpur - II block. Literacy is 67%, 5 points above the block average of 62% and the sex ratio is 1,043 women per 1,000 men. It lies 101 km from the Jhargram district centre, 13 km from Rairangpur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 721516, served by Lalgarh (West Midnapore) post office; the LGD village code is 335686. The nearest hospital or health centre is Sipra Clinic, 13 km away. The sarpanch is SAMPITA MALLICK MANDAL, and the village votes in Raipur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kshetramohan Hansda. The population is estimated at 113 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Jamda
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 14
- Power hours (winter)
- 15
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 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
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 67.38
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 44.51
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Jamda
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Jamda
- LGD code
- 335686
- Pincode
- 721516
- Post office
- Lalgarh (West Midnapore)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 96
- Population (projected 2026)
- 113
- Households
- 20
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1043
- Literacy rate
- 66.7%
- Coordinates
- 22.26050°N, 86.05080°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bankura
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Raipur
- Member of Parliament
- Arup Chakraborty
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Kshetramohan Hansda
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SAMPITA MALLICK MANDAL
- Block / Mandal
- Binpur - II
Getting there
How to reach Jamda
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata240 kmcapital
- Hyderabad959 km
- Delhi1134 km
- Chennai1190 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationRairangpur13 km
- Hospital / PHCSipra Clinic13 km
- ATM / bankGrameen Bank.25 km
- Petrol pumpPetrol Pump18 km
- CollegeTraining College Ground-258 km
- Police stationKumardungi Police Station.19 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-10
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-19
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)