Jama, Dumka (village)

Jama
Village
Jama Location in Jharkhand, India Show map of Jharkhand Jama Jama (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 24°22′06″N87°15′52″E / 24.368333°N 87.264444°E / 24.368333; 87.264444
Country	India
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Population  (2011)
• Total	843
Languages (*For language details see Jama, Dumka#Language and religion)
• Official	Hindi, Urdu
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	814110
Telephone/ STD code	06431
Lok Sabha constituency	Dumka
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Jama
Website	dumka.nic.in

Jama is a village in the Jama community development block in the Dumka Sadar subdivision of the Dumka district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.

Geography

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Cities, towns and locations in the Deoghar, Dumka and Jamtara districts in Santhal Pargana Division
M: Municipality, CT: census town, R: Rural/ Urban centre, D: Dam,
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Location

Jama is located at 24°22′06″N87°15′52″E / 24.368333°N 87.264444°E / 24.368333; 87.264444 .

Overview

The map shows a large area, which is a plateau with low hills, except in the eastern portion where the Rajmahal hills intrude into this area and the Ramgarh hills are there. The south-western portion is just a rolling upland. The entire area is overwhelmingly rural with only small pockets of urbanisation. ^[1]

Note: The full screen map is interesting. All places marked on the map are linked in the full screen map and one can easily move on to another page of his/her choice. Enlarge the full screen map to see what else is there – one gets railway connections, many more road connections and so on.

Area

Jama has an area of 161 hectares (400 acres). ^[2]

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Jama had a total population of 843, of which 413 (49%) were males and 430 (51%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 143. The total number of literate persons in Jama was 700 (67.00% of the population over 6 years). ^[2]

Civic administration

Police station

There is a police station at Jama. ^[3]

CD block HQ

Headquarters of Jama, Dumka CD block is at Jama village. ^[4]

Education

Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya, Jama, is a Hindi-medium girls only institution established in 2007. It has facilities for teaching from class VI to class XII. ^[5]

Government High School Jama at Jarpura is a Hindi-medium coeducational institution established in 1969. It has facilities for teaching from class IX to class XII. ^[6]

References

1. Roychoudhury, P.C. "Bihar District Gazetteers: Santhal Parganas". Chapter I: General. Secretariat Press, Patna, 1965. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
2. "District Census Handbook, Dumka, Series 21, Part XII B" (PDF). Page 25: District Primary Census Abstract, 2011 census. Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
3. "District Police Profile - Dumka". Jharkhand Police. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
4. "District Census Handbook, Dumka, Series 21, Part XII B" (PDF). Map of Dumka on the third page. Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
5. "KGBV Jama". Schools.org. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
6. "High School Jama". Schools.org.in. Retrieved 5 November 2020.