About Jamua Village

Jamua is a small village in Devipur tehsil, in the district of Deoghar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 394, made up of 205 males and 189 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 922 females per 1000 males. The village covers 77.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815353, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jamua Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jamua village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Deoghar
Tehsil	Devipur
Pincode	815353
Area (hectares)	77.9 hectares
Population	394
Male Population	205
Female Population	189
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	922
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Jamua compares

By the 2011 count Jamua is the 100th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 484 residents. Its 77.9 hectares work out to about 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 945.

Getting to Jamua

Jamua is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Jamua as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Jamua from other places

Jamua lies about 24 km from Deoghar, and the nearest railway station is Jagadishpur, about 16 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Jamua
Tehsil headquarters	Devipur	10 km
Nearest railway station	Jagadishpur	16 km
Nearest town	Madhupur	22 km
District headquarters	Deoghar	24 km

Villages closest to Jamua

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Devipur tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Jamua

As per the Census of India 2011, Jamua village had a population of 394. That makes it the 100th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 484 residents.

Jamua village has 205 males and 189 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jamua has about 922 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 945.

The pincode recorded for Jamua is 815353. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jamua covers 77.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Jamua falls under Devipur tehsil of Deoghar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Jamua is Jagadishpur, about 16 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Jamua.

Jamua is about 24 km from Deoghar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jamua is in Devipur tehsil of Deoghar district. Devipur is about 10 km away. Jagadishpur is about 16 km away. Madhupur is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.