# Jamnapur Village, Noorsarai, Nalanda (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Noorsarai, Nalanda 

# Jamnapur

Jamnapur is a village in Noorsarai sub-district of Nalanda district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,516 people in 235 households**, the 41st largest of 60 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.4%.

- 1,516people (2011)
- 235households
- 67.6%literacy
- 982females per 1,000 males

## Jamnapur PIN code and other codes

Jamnapur falls in Noorsarai sub-district, Nalanda district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatDoiya
- Community development blockNoorsarai
- Census village code244653

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

## How far is Jamnapur from nearby towns?

- Noorsarai (sub-district HQ)10 km by road
- Biharsharif (district HQ)3 km by road
- Biharsharif (nearest town)3 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 Jamnapur?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Jamnapur; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●National highwayIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Noorsarai
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Sohsarai
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Hilsa
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)8 h summer · 8 h winter

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 Jamnapur known for?

The main crops are **paddy and wheat**. About 74% of the 90 hectares of village land is sown, and 66 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 Jamnapur

Of every 100 households in Jamnapur in 2011, 3 had electricity, 17 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Jamnapur · ■ Noorsarai rural average

Electricity for lighting ****3%**

**13%

Toilet within the home ****17%**

**25%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**74%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****38%**

**39%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**92%

Use banking services ****54%**

**47%

Television ****9%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****52%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****4%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****30%**

**34%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Jamnapur?

■ Jamnapur · ■ Noorsarai rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.6%**

**64.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****982**

**924

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1099**

**932

Working population ****47.2%**

**36.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.5% for men and 59.4% for women. 53% of men and 41% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 15 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 315 (44%) · **■** Household industry 31 (4%) · **■** Other work 45 (6%) · **■** Marginal 310 (43%)

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 Noorsarai

- Nosra1,683 people
- Mandachh1,650 people
- Ratanpur1,642 people
- Nari1,577 people
- Belsar1,449 people
- Sherpur1,380 people
- Kakhra1,362 people
- Lohri1,279 people

[All 62 villages in Noorsarai](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/nalanda/noorsarai/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Jamnapur from Biharsharif?3 km by road
- What is the population of Jamnapur?1,516 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jamnapur in?Nalanda district (Noorsarai sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Jamnapur?67.6% (Census 2011)