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Jamua Population - Dumka, Jharkhand

Jamua is a medium size village located in Jarmundi Block of Dumka district, Jharkhand with total 132 families residing. The Jamua village has population of 649 of which 337 are males while 312 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jamua village population of children with age 0-6 is 121 which makes up 18.64 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jamua village is 926 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Jamua as per census is 1086, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Jamua village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Jamua village was 46.40 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Jamua Male literacy stands at 63.08 % while female literacy rate was 27.71 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Jamua village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Jamua village.

Jamua Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 132 - -
Population 649 337 312
Child (0-6) 121 58 63
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 643 334 309
Literacy 46.40 % 63.08 % 27.71 %
Total Workers 354 195 159
Main Worker 30 - -
Marginal Worker 324 180 144

Caste Factor

In Jamua village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.08 % of total population in Jamua village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Jamua village of Dumka.

Work Profile

In Jamua village out of total population, 354 were engaged in work activities. 8.47 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 91.53 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 354 workers engaged in Main Work, 18 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.