# Jamuawan Village, Ekangarsarai, Nalanda (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Ekangarsarai, Nalanda 

# Jamuawan

Jamuawan is a village in Ekangarsarai sub-district of Nalanda district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **3,974 people in 645 households**, the 7th largest of 88 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 68.8%.

- 3,974people (2011)
- 645households
- 67.3%literacy
- 854females per 1,000 males

## Jamuawan PIN code and other codes

Jamuawan falls in Ekangarsarai sub-district, Nalanda district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatJamuawan
- Community development blockEkangarsarai
- Census village code244894

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Jamuawan from nearby towns?

- Ekangarsarai (sub-district HQ)12 km by road
- Biharsharif (district HQ)29 km by road
- Biharsharif (nearest town)29 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Jamuawan?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Jamuawan; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 3 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Hasepur
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Aungari
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Hilsa
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and canal / river

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Jamuawan known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 89% of the 261 hectares of village land is sown, and 228 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Jamuawan

Of every 100 households in Jamuawan in 2011, 9 had electricity, 21 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 49 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Jamuawan · ■ Ekangarsarai rural average

Electricity for lighting ****9%**

**18%

Toilet within the home ****21%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****74%**

**75%

Tap water ****10%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****34%**

**47%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**93%

Use banking services ****58%**

**58%

Television ****9%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****49%**

**59%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****36%**

**27%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Jamuawan?

■ Jamuawan · ■ Ekangarsarai rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.3%**

**68.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****854**

**916

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****945**

**915

Working population ****28.3%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.2% for men and 54.3% for women. 44% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 106 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 631 (56%) · **■** Household industry 29 (3%) · **■** Other work 173 (15%) · **■** Marginal 184 (16%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Ekangarsarai

- Telhara6,236 people
- Dhurgaon6,072 people
- Mandachh5,352 people
- Aungari5,261 people
- Kosiawan3,903 people
- Dhanhar3,824 people
- Mundipur3,749 people
- Daniawan Paindapur3,271 people

[All 89 villages in Ekangarsarai](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/nalanda/ekangarsarai/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Jamuawan from Biharsharif?29 km by road
- What is the population of Jamuawan?3,974 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jamuawan in?Nalanda district (Ekangarsarai sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Jamuawan?67.3% (Census 2011)