Village · Malkharoda, Janjgir - Champa
# Jamgahan

Jamgahan is a village in Malkharoda sub-district of Janjgir - Champa district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code 495691. The 2011 Census counted 1,355 people in 349 households, the 38th largest of 108 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.7%.
- 1,355 people (2011)
- 349 households
- 69.4% literacy
- 495691 PIN code

## Jamgahan PIN code and other codes

The PIN code of Jamgahan is 495691. Jamgahan falls in Malkharoda sub-district, Janjgir - Champa district, Chhattisgarh.
- PIN code 495691
- Gram panchayat Jamgahan
- Community development block Malkharoda
- Census village code 437281

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## How far is Jamgahan from nearby towns?
- Malkharoda (sub-district HQ) 13 km by road
- Janjgir (district HQ) 65 km by road
- Adbhar (nearest town) 10 km by road

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## What facilities are there in Jamgahan?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Jamgahan; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● Primary school In village · 1 govt
- ● Middle school In village · 1 govt
- ● Mobile phone coverage In village
- ● All-weather road In village
- ● Ration (PDS) shop In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● ASHA health worker In village
- ● Polling station In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Malkharoda
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Malkharoda
- ○ Primary health centre 10+ km
- ○ Dispensary 10+ km
- ○ Post office 10+ km
- ○ Railway station 10+ km
- ○ ATM 10+ km
- ○ Commercial bank 5–10 km
- ○ Mandi / regular market 10+ km
- ○ Public library 5–10 km

### Water and power
- Drinking water hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011) 20 h summer · 20 h winter

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Jamgahan known for?

The main crops are paddy, wheat and mustard. About 82% of the 266 hectares of village land is sown, and 211 hectares are irrigated.

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## Homes and amenities in Jamgahan

Of every 100 households in Jamgahan in 2011, 98 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Jamgahan · ■ Malkharoda rural average
- Electricity for lighting 98% 94%
- Toilet within the home 8% 12%
- No toilet (open defecation) 92% 87%
- Tap water 3% 10%
- Drinking water within premises 14% 11%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 1%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 99% 99%
- Use banking services 22% 24%
- Television 22% 32%
- Mobile phone 18% 27%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 11% 10%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 36% 28%
- Own their home 99% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Jamgahan?

■ Jamgahan · ■ Malkharoda rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 69.4% 70.7%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 990 1008
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 988 946
- Working population 53.9% 58.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.3% for men and 56.3% for women. 57% of men and 50% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 141 (19%) · ■ Farm labourers 95 (13%) · ■ Household industry 4 (1%) · ■ Other work 88 (12%) · ■ Marginal 403 (55%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Malkharoda
- Limgaon 1,427 people
- Ourda 1,411 people
- Bhanta 1,404 people
- Ghoghari 1,389 people
- Bundeli 1,349 people
- Amlidih 1,297 people
- Basin 1,278 people
- Khemada 1,257 people

All 109 villages in Malkharoda

## Quick answers
- What is the PIN code of Jamgahan? 495691
- How far is Jamgahan from Janjgir? 65 km by road
- What is the population of Jamgahan? 1,355 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jamgahan in? Janjgir - Champa district (Malkharoda sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Jamgahan? 69.4% (Census 2011)

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