Cities, towns and locations in the Deoghar, Dumka and Jamtara districts in Santhal Pargana Division M: Municipality, CT: census town, R: Rural/ Urban centre, D: Dam, Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly
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.[1]
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.
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).[2]
Headquarters of Jama, Dumka CD block is at Jama village.[4]
Education
Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya, Jama, is a Hindi-medium girls only institution established in 2007. It has facilities for teaching from class VI to class XII.[5]
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.[6]
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