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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Jhamatpur
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| native_name_lang = bn
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| settlement_type = Village
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in West Bengal, India
| coordinates = {{coord|23.740267|N|88.125189|E|display=inline, title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[West Bengal]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Purba Bardhaman district|Purba Bardhaman]]
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| unit_pref = Metric
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| population_total = 1,543
| population_as_of = 2011
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[English language|English]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
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| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Bolpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bolpur]]
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency
| blank2_info_sec1 = [[Ketugram (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Ketugram]]
| website = {{URL|http://bardhaman.gov.in/}}
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'''Jhamatpur''' is a village in [[Ketugram II]] [[Community development block in India|CD block]] in [[Katwa subdivision]] of [[Purba Bardhaman district]], [[West Bengal]], India

==Geography==
It is near [[Ketugram]], 4 km east of Jhamatpur-Baharanpur, 157 km north from [[Howrah Station]], on the [[Barharwa-Azimganj-Katwa loop|B.A.K. loop]] of the Eastern Railway. This is about 14 km north of [[Katwa]]. [[Jhamatpur Baharan railway station]] serves nearby areas.

==Demographics==
As per the [[2011 Census of India]] Jhamatpur had a total population of 1,543, of which 794 (51%) were males and 749 (49%) were females. Population below 6 years was 154. The total number of literates in Jhamatpur was 931 (67.03% of the population over 6 years).<ref name=census3-2011>{{cite web| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/pca/pcadata/Houselisting-housing-WB.html |title = 2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables | work= West Bengal – District-wise |publisher= Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India | access-date = 20 March 2017 }}</ref>

==Culture==
The village is famous as the birthplace of [[Krishnadasa Kaviraja]],{{citation needed|date=October 2012}} the author of the [[Chaitanya Charitamrita]], a biography of the mystic and saint [[Chaitanya Mahaprabhu]].

The Vaishnav tradition is still maintained by different socio-cultural programs throughout the year, specially the famous Nama-kirtana accompanying feast for several days after Durgapuja.

==References==
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{{Purba Bardhaman District}}

[[Category:Villages in Purba Bardhaman district]]

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