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About Chak Jamua Village

Chak Jamua is a small village in Sarath tehsil, in the district of Deoghar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 9, made up of 6 males and 3 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 500 females per 1000 males. The village covers 43.89 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815353, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chak Jamua Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chak Jamua village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Deoghar
Tehsil Sarath
Pincode 815353
Area (hectares) 43.89 hectares
Population 9
Male Population 6
Female Population 3
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 500
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Chak Jamua compares

By the 2011 count Chak Jamua is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 492 residents. Its 43.89 hectares work out to about 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 937.

Getting to Chak Jamua

Chak Jamua is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Chak Jamua as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Chak Jamua from other places

Chak Jamua lies about 39 km from Deoghar, and the nearest railway station is Basukinath Railway Station, about 21 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 Chak Jamua
Tehsil headquarters Sarath 11 km
Nearest railway station Basukinath Railway Station 21 km
Nearest town Dumka 30 km
District headquarters Deoghar 39 km

Villages closest to Chak Jamua

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

Common questions about Chak Jamua

As per the Census of India 2011, Chak Jamua village had a population of 9. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 492 residents.

Chak Jamua village has 6 males and 3 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chak Jamua has about 500 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 937.

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

Chak Jamua covers 43.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chak Jamua falls under Sarath tehsil of Deoghar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Chak Jamua is Basukinath Railway Station, about 21 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 10+ km distance for Chak Jamua.

Chak Jamua is about 39 km from Deoghar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chak Jamua is in Sarath tehsil of Deoghar district. Sarath is about 11 km away. Basukinath Railway Station is about 21 km away. Dumka is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chak Jamuabahal (under 2 km), Jamua (under 2 km) and Gopalpur (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Chak Jamua today is likely to be higher.

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