Created by Chandan Guha
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Jamua

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Settlement type Village
Country India
State
District
Subdivision

Jamua is a village in the Jamua CD block in the Khori Mahuwa subdivision of the Giridih district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.

Geography

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Location

Jamua is located at Template:Coord.

Area overview

Giridih district is a part of the Chota Nagpur plateau, with rocky soil and extensive forests. Most of the rivers in the district flow from the west to east, except in the northern portion where the rivers flow north and north west. The Pareshnath Hill rises to a height of Template:Convert. The district has coal and mica mines. It is an overwhelmingly rural district with small pockets of urbanisation. [1][2][3]

Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the district. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Jamua had a total population of 1,124, of which 574 (51%) were males and 550 (49%) were females. Population in the age range 0-6 years was 213. The total number of literate persons in Jamua was 677 (74.31% of the population over 6 years).[4]

Civic administration

Police station

Jamua police station has jurisdiction over the Jamua CD block.[5] According to old British records, Jamua PS was there after Giridh subdivision was formed in 1870.[6]

CD block HQ

The headquarters of the Jamua CD block are located at Jamua village.[7][8]

Transport

Jamua-Deoghar Road meets State Highway 13 (Jharkhand), running from Koderma to Gobindpur at Jamua.[9]

There is a station at Jamua on the Madhupur-Giridih-Koderma line.[10]

References

  1. District Census Handbook 2011 Giridih, Series 21, Part XII A. Directorate of Census Operations, Jharkhand.
  2. 2011 Census C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA). Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India.
  3. District Statistical Handbook, Giridih. Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Department of Planning and Development, Jharkhand.
  4. 2011 Census C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA). Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India.
  5. District Statistical Handbook, Giridih. Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Department of Planning and Development, Jharkhand.
  6. District Census Handbook Giridih, 2011, Series 21, Part XII A. Directorate of Census Operations, Jharkhand.
  7. 2011 District Census Handbook Giridih, Series 21, Part XII B. Directorate of Census Operations, Jharkhand.
  8. Giridih. District Administration, Giridih.
  9. Google maps
  10. 73369 => 53369 Kawar- Koderma Passenger. Indiarailinfo.

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