About Jamkandar Village

Jamkandar is a mid sized village in Shikaripara tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,128, made up of 597 males and 531 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 889 females per 1000 males. The village covers 247 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816118, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jamkandar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jamkandar village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Shikaripara
Pincode	816118
Area (hectares)	247 hectares
Population	1,128
Male Population	597
Female Population	531
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	889
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 Jamkandar compares

By the 2011 count Jamkandar is the 23rd largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 547 residents. Its 247 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Jamkandar

Jamkandar is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Jamkandar 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. The nearest villages by name are Indrapur, Jabardaha, Jadupara and Jagatpur. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Jamkandar

As per the Census of India 2011, Jamkandar village had a population of 1,128. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 547 residents.

Jamkandar village has 597 males and 531 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jamkandar has about 889 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Jamkandar is 816118. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jamkandar covers 247 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Jamkandar falls under Shikaripara tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Jamkandar notes the nearest railway station 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 Jamkandar.

Jamkandar is in Shikaripara tehsil of Dumka district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.