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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Jamda is a village in Manbazar-I mandal, Purulia district, West Bengal. It has a population of 712 across 161 households with a literacy rate of 67.8%. The village is located at coordinates 22.261°N, 86.051°E.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SUJATA MANDAL
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- LGD code
- 332198
- Pincode
- 723131
- Post office
- Manbazar
- Population
- 712
- Households
- 161
- Literacy rate
- 67.8%
- Sex ratio
- 909 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 373
- Distance to district centre
- 127 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 116 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 #70 of 243 villages in Manbazar - I mandal.
Literacy rate
%
67.8%
+13.4% vs mandal average
- Jamda
- 67.8%
- Manbazar - I mandal
- 54.4%
- Purulia district
- 55.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
909
−66 vs mandal average
- Jamda
- 909
- Manbazar - I mandal
- 975
Household size
people per home
4.4
−0.4 vs mandal average
- Jamda
- 4.4
- Manbazar - I mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Jamda at a glance
Jamda is a village of 712 people in 161 households (Census 2011) in Manbazar - I block, Purulia district, West Bengal, the 70th-largest of 243 villages in Manbazar - I block. Literacy is 68%, 13 points above the block average of 54% and the sex ratio is 909 women per 1,000 men. It lies 127 km from the Purulia district centre, 13 km from Rairangpur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 723131, served by Manbazar post office; the LGD village code is 332198. The nearest hospital or health centre is Sipra Clinic, 13 km away. The sarpanch is SUJATA MANDAL, and the village votes in Manbazar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Mayna Murmu. The population is estimated at 839 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
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 9
- Power hours (winter)
- 11
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 1
- 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
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 286.02
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 17
- Forest area (ha)
- 52
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
- 332198
- Pincode
- 723131
- Post office
- Manbazar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 712
- Population (projected 2026)
- 839
- Households
- 161
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 909
- Literacy rate
- 67.8%
- Coordinates
- 22.26050°N, 86.05080°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Purulia
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Manbazar
- Member of Parliament
- Jyotirmay Singh Mahato
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Mayna Murmu
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SUJATA MANDAL
- Block / Mandal
- Manbazar - I
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
Same pincode
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- DighiManbazar - II mandal2,110 pop
- PunrraManbazar - I mandal1,890 pop
- BariManbazar - I mandal1,888 pop
- DangardiManbazar - II mandal1,828 pop
- JamtariaManbazar - II mandal1,813 pop
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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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