Jama is a village in the

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Dumka Sadar subdivision Dumka Sadar subdivision is the only administrative subdivision of the Dumka district in the Santhal Pargana division in the state of Jharkhand, India. Overview Dumka Sadar subdivision is a plateau region. It is divided into four micro subregions. ...

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Dumka district Dumka district is one of the twenty-four districts of Jharkhand state in eastern India. Dumka is the administrative headquarters of this district. This district covers an area of 3716.02 km. This district has a population of 1,321,442 (20 ...

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Jharkhand Jharkhand (; ) is a States and union territories of India, state in East India, eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north ...

Geography

Location

Jama is located at .

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. 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 .

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 The Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya or KGBV is a residential girls’ secondary school run by the Government of India for the weaker sections in India. History The plan was introduced by the Government of India in August 2004. It was then integr ...

, 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

{{Santhal Parganas Division Villages in Dumka district