About Jamua Village

Jamua is a small village in Saraiyahat tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 120, made up of 63 males and 57 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 905 females per 1000 males. The village covers 27.28 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814151, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jamua Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jamua village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Saraiyahat
Pincode	814151
Area (hectares)	27.28 hectares
Population	120
Male Population	63
Female Population	57
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	905
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 Jamua compares

By the 2011 count Jamua is the 242nd largest of the 262 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 554 residents. Its 27.28 hectares work out to about 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 954.

Getting to Jamua

Jamua is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for 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 Jamua from other places

Jamua lies about 38 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Dhanpatdih, about 7.8 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
Nearest railway station	Dhanpatdih	7.8 km
Nearest town	Deoghar	24 km
Tehsil headquarters	Saraiyahat	28 km
District headquarters	Dumka	38 km

Villages closest to Jamua

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Saraiyahat 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 120. That makes it the 242nd largest of the 262 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 554 residents.

Jamua village has 63 males and 57 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jamua has about 905 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 954.

The pincode recorded for Jamua is 814151. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jamua covers 27.28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Jamua falls under Saraiyahat tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Jamua is Dhanpatdih, about 7.8 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 Jamua.

Jamua is about 38 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jamua is in Saraiyahat tehsil of Dumka district. Dhanpatdih is about 7.8 km away. Deoghar is about 24 km away. Saraiyahat is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.