About Jamdar Village

Jamdar is a mid sized village in Gawan tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,236, made up of 618 males and 618 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 393 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815313, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jamdar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jamdar village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Gawan
Pincode	815313
Area (hectares)	393 hectares
Population	1,236
Male Population	618
Female Population	618
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
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 Jamdar compares

By the 2011 count Jamdar is the 20th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 849 residents. Its 393 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Jamdar

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

Jamdar lies about 56 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Dhanwar, about 13 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 Jamdar
Tehsil headquarters	Gawan	12 km
Nearest railway station	Dhanwar	13 km
Nearest town	Kodarma	30 km
District headquarters	Giridih	56 km

Villages closest to Jamdar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jamdar village had a population of 1,236. That makes it the 20th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 849 residents.

Jamdar village has 618 males and 618 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jamdar has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 971.

The pincode recorded for Jamdar is 815313. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jamdar covers 393 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Jamdar falls under Gawan tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Jamdar is Dhanwar, about 13 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 Jamdar.

Jamdar is about 56 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jamdar is in Gawan tehsil of Giridih district. Gawan is about 12 km away. Dhanwar is about 13 km away. Kodarma is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.