About Jamua Kalan Village

Jamua Kalan is a small village in Haidernagar tehsil, in the district of Palamu, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 249, made up of 136 males and 113 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 831 females per 1000 males. The village covers 42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822115, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jamua Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jamua Kalan village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Palamu
Tehsil	Haidernagar
Pincode	822115
Area (hectares)	42 hectares
Population	249
Male Population	136
Female Population	113
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	831
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Jamua Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Jamua Kalan is the 43rd largest of the 50 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,470 residents. Its 42 hectares work out to about 5.9 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 923.

Getting to Jamua Kalan

Jamua Kalan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Jamua Kalan as Available within 5 - 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 Kalan from other places

Jamua Kalan lies about 35 km from Palamu, and the nearest railway station is Parasnath, about 18 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 Kalan
Nearest railway station	Parasnath	18 km
Nearest town	Giridih	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Haidernagar	35 km
District headquarters	Palamu	35 km

Villages closest to Jamua Kalan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jamua Kalan village had a population of 249. That makes it the 43rd largest of the 50 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,470 residents.

Jamua Kalan village has 136 males and 113 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jamua Kalan has about 831 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 923.

The pincode recorded for Jamua Kalan is 822115. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jamua Kalan covers 42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Jamua Kalan falls under Haidernagar tehsil of Palamu district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Jamua Kalan is Parasnath, about 18 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Jamua Kalan.

Jamua Kalan is about 35 km from Palamu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jamua Kalan is in Haidernagar tehsil of Palamu district. Parasnath is about 18 km away. Giridih is about 18 km away. Haidernagar is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.