About Jamua Village

Jamua is a small village in Barkatha tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 238, made up of 113 males and 125 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,106 females per 1000 males. The village covers 124.94 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825323, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jamua Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jamua village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Hazaribagh
Tehsil	Barkatha
Pincode	825323
Area (hectares)	124.94 hectares
Population	238
Male Population	113
Female Population	125
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,106
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 67th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,483 residents. Its 124.94 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 968.

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 34 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Katkamsandi, about 12 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	Katkamsandi	12 km
Nearest town	Chatrā	24 km
Tehsil headquarters	Barkatha	34 km
District headquarters	Hazaribagh	34 km

Villages closest to Jamua

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Barkatha 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 238. That makes it the 67th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,483 residents.

Jamua village has 113 males and 125 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jamua has about 1106 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 968.

The pincode recorded for Jamua is 825323. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jamua covers 124.94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Jamua falls under Barkatha tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Jamua is Katkamsandi, about 12 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 34 km from Hazaribagh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jamua is in Barkatha tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Katkamsandi is about 12 km away. Chatrā is about 24 km away. Barkatha is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.