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Jama
Village
JamaLocation in Jharkhand, IndiaShow map of JharkhandJamaJama (India)Show map of India
Coordinates: 24°22′06″N 87°15′52″E / 24.368333°N 87.264444°E / 24.368333; 87.264444
Country	India
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Population
• 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

Location

Jama is located at 24°22′06″N 87°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.

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Area

Jama has an area of 161 hectares (400 acres).

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).

Civic administration

Police station

There is a police station at Jama.

CD block HQ

Headquarters of Jama, Dumka CD block is at Jama village.

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.

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.

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. Archived from the original on 30 October 2020. 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.

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