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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Jamtara Sadar subdivision
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| settlement_type = Subdivision
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| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Jharkhand]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Jamtara district|Jamtara]]
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| seat_type = Headquarters
| seat = [[Jamtara]]
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| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi language|Hindi]], [[Urdu language|Urdu]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
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'''Jamtara Sadar subdivision''' is the only [[Administrative divisions of India|administrative subdivision]] of the [[Jamtara district]] in the [[Santhal Pargana division]] in the state of [[Jharkhand]], [[India]].

==Overview==
Jamtara Sadar subdivision in the south-eastern part of [[Santhal Pargana division|Santhal Parganas]] is a rolling upland tract. The [[Barakar River|Barakar]] separates it from the [[Chota Nagpur Plateau]] and the [[Ajay River|Ajay]], flows in from [[Deoghar district]] in the west, drains the district, forms the border between Jharkhand and West Bengal for some distance and flows into West Bengal in the east.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.3120/page/n1/mode/2up |title = Bihar District Gazetteers: Santhal Parganas| first= P.C.|last=Roychoudhury | work= Chaoter I: General |publisher= Secretariat Press, Patna, 1965 | access-date = 12 November 2020}}</ref>

==History==
Jamtara subdivision was formed in 1879 as a part of Santhal Parganas district with its headquarters at Dumka. Santhal Parganas district comprised Dumka, Deoghar, Sahibganj, Godda, Pakur and Jamtara subdivisions. In 1983, Deoghar, Sahibganj and Godda subdivisions were given the status of a district, and a result Jamtara subdivision remained in Dumka district. After the formation of Jharkhand, Jamtara subdivision was made a district in 2001.<ref>{{cite web | url =https://www.jhpolice.gov.in/jamtara | title =Jamtara | publisher =Jharkhand Police | access-date =12 November 2020 | archive-date =12 November 2020 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20201112201126/https://www.jhpolice.gov.in/jamtara | url-status =dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.jhpolice.gov.in/dumka | title = Dumka | publisher = Jharkhand Police | access-date = 12 November 2020 | archive-date = 26 January 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210126211750/https://www.jhpolice.gov.in/dumka | url-status = dead }}</ref>

==Subdivision==
Jamtara district has only one administrative subdivision:<ref name=jamtara>{{cite web| url = https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/2018_PART_B_DCHB_JAMTARA.pdf |title = District Census Handbook, Jamtara, Series 21, Part XII B| work= Pages 16-17: Important Statistics, 2011 census |publisher= Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand | access-date = 22 October 2020}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Subdivision ||Headquarters|| Area km2 || Population (2011) ||Rural population % (2011)||Urban population % (2011)
|-
|Jamtara Sadar||[[Jamtara]]||1,811||791,042||90.42||9.58
|}

==Administrative units==

Jamtara subdivision has 6 community development blocks, 1,161 total villages, 1,082 inhabited villages, 2 statutory towns and 1 [[census town]]. The statutory towns are at [[Jamtara]] and [[Mihijam]]. The census town is: [[Karmatanr, Jamtara|Karmatanr]]. The subdivision has its headquarters at Jamtara.<ref name=jamtara/>
{{OSM Location map
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==Demographics==
As per the [[2011 Census of India]] data Jamtara Sadar subdivision, in Jamtara district in 2011, had a total population of 791,042. There were 404,830 (51%) males and 386,212 (49%) females. Scheduled castes numbered 72,885 (9.21%) and scheduled tribes numbered 240,489 (30.40%). Density of population was 437 persons per square km. Literacy rate was 64.59%, male literacy rate was 76.46%, female literacy rate was 52.15%.<ref name=jamtara/>

See also – [[List of Jharkhand districts ranked by literacy rate]]

==Police stations==
Police stations in Jamtara Sadar subdivision were at:<ref>{{cite web| url = https://jhpolice.gov.in/jamtara| title = District Police Profile - Jamtara| publisher = Jharkhand Police| access-date = 12 November 2020| archive-date = 12 November 2020| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201112201126/https://www.jhpolice.gov.in/jamtara| url-status = dead}}</ref>
#[[Jamtara]]
#[[Fatehpur, Jamtara|Fatehpur]]
#[[Karmatanr, Jamtara|Karmatanr]]
#[[Kundahit]]
#[[Nala, Jamtara|Nala]]
#[[Narayanpur, Jamtara|Narayanpur]]
#[[Mihijam]]
#[[Bagdahari]]
#[[Bindapathar]]

==Blocks==
Community development blocks in Jamtara Sadar subdivision are:<ref>{{cite web| url = https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/2018_PART_B_DCHB_JAMTARA.pdf |title = District Census Handbook, Jamtara, Series 21, Part XII B| work= Page 55: Rural PCA – CD block wise village primary census abstract, 2011 census |publisher= Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand | access-date = 12 November 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/2018_PART_B_DCHB_JAMTARA.pdf |title = District Census Handbook, Jamtara, Series 21, Part XII B| work= Map of Jamtara on the third page|publisher= Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand | access-date = 12 November 2020}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! CD Block ||Headquarters|| Area km2 || Population (2011) ||[[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|SC]] %||[[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|ST]] %||Literacy rate %||[[Nagar Parishad|NP]], [[Census town|CT]]
|-
|[[Jamtara block|Jamtara]]||[[Jamtara]]||329.73||132,600||6.92||45.25||66.30|| 2
|-
|[[Karmatanr (community development block)|Karmatanr]]||[[Karmatanr, Jamtara|Karmatanr]]||175.00||115,266||6.71||18.88||58.16|| 1
|-
|[[Fatehpur (community development block)|Fatehpur]]||[[Fatehpur, Jamtara|Fatehpur]]|| 280.44||89,645||7.72||46.95||65.66|| -
|-
|[[Kundhit block|Kundhit]]||[[Kundahit]]||295.63||84,907||15.31||29.81||64.64|| -
|-
|[[Nala block|Nala]]||[[Nala, Jamtara|Nala]]||416.67||134,780||12.40||36.08||64.63|| -
|-
|[[Narayanpur block|Narayanpur]]||[[Narayanpur, Jamtara|Narayanpur]] ||282.80||163,966||5.79||23.47||55.72|| -
|-
|}

==Education==
In 2011, Jamtara Sadar subdivision out of a total 1,082 inhabited villages there were 127 villages with pre-primary schools, 917 villages with primary schools, 403 villages with middle schools, 18 villages with secondary schools, 14 villages with senior secondary schools, 2 villages with general degree colleges, 157 villages with no educational facility.<ref name=directory>{{cite web | url = https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/20/2018_PART_A_DCHB_JAMTARA.pdf| title = District Census Handbook, Jamtara, 2011, Series 21, Part XII A | work = Pages 427-429 Appendix I: Village Directory | publisher = Directorate of Census Operations, Jharkhand. | access-date = 22 October 2020}}</ref>
 .*Senior secondary schools are also known as Inter colleges in Jharkhand

===Institutions===
The following institutions are located in Jamtara Sadar subdivision:
*[[Jamtara College]] was established at [[Jamtara]] in 1961.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.jamtaracollege.com/ | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170227151932/http://jamtaracollege.com/ | url-status = usurped | archive-date = February 27, 2017 | title = Jamtara College, Jamtara | publisher = JC | access-date = 12 November 2020}}</ref>
*Jamtara Mahila Sandhya Mahavidyalaya was established at Jamtara in 1994. It has hostel facilities for 100 scheduled tribe students.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://jmscollege.in/ | title = Jamtara Mahila Sandhya Mahavidyalaya | publisher = JMSM | access-date = 12 November 2020}}</ref>
*JJS Degree College was established at [[Mihijam]] in 1983.<ref>{{cite web | url =https://www.shiksha.com/college/j-j-s-degree-college-mihijam-120015 | title = JJS Degree College| publisher = Shiksha | access-date = 12 November 2020}}</ref>
*Bhagwat Jha Azad College was established at [[Kundahit]] in 1981.<ref name="Our Affiliated Colleges">{{cite web | url = http://www.skmu.ac.in/affiliated-colleges | title = Our Affiliated Colleges | publisher = Sido Kanhu Murmu University | access-date = 12 November 2020}}</ref>
*Degree College was established at [[Nala, Jamtara|Nala]] in 1988.<ref name="Our Affiliated Colleges"/>

==Healthcare==
In 2011, Jamtara Sadar subdivision there were 3 villages with community health centres, 23 villages with primary health centres, 93 villages with primary health subcentres, 53 villages with maternity and child welfare centres, 6 villages with allopathic hospitals, 35 villages with dispensaries, 8 villages with veterinary hospitals, 33 villages with family welfare centres, 141 villages with medicine shops.<ref name=directory/>
 .*Private medical practitioners, alternative medicine etc. not included

===Medical facilities===
(Anybody having referenced information about location of government/ private medical facilities may please add it here)

==References==
{{reflist|3}}

{{Santhal Parganas Division}}
{{Santhal Pargana Division topics}}

[[Category:Subdivisions of Jharkhand]]

Jamtara Sadar subdivision - Revision history

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