Village · Bandgaon, Pashchimi Singhbhum
# Jalmai

Jalmai is a village in Bandgaon sub-district of Pashchimi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand, PIN code 833201. The 2011 Census counted 167 people in 31 households, the 165th largest of 214 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 54.5%.
- 167 people (2011)
- 31 households
- 63.6% literacy
- 833201 PIN code

## Jalmai PIN code and other codes

The PIN code of Jalmai is 833201. Jalmai falls in Bandgaon sub-district, Pashchimi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand.
- PIN code 833201
- Gram panchayat Jalasar
- Community development block Bandgaon
- Census village code 377052

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

## How far is Jalmai from nearby towns?
- Bandgaon (sub-district HQ) 21 km by road
- Chaibasa (district HQ) 101 km by road
- Chakradharpur (nearest town) 73 km by road

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

## What facilities are there in Jalmai?

5 services counted by the Census are inside Jalmai; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● Primary school In village · 1 govt
- ● Pucca (black-topped) road In village
- ● All-weather road In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● ASHA health worker In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Senior secondary school 10+ km · Khunti
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Khunti
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Khunti
- ○ Primary health centre 5–10 km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 10+ km
- ○ Dispensary 10+ km
- ○ Post office 10+ km
- ○ Public bus service 10+ km
- ○ Railway station 10+ km
- ○ ATM 10+ km
- ○ Commercial bank 10+ km
- ○ Ration (PDS) shop under 5 km
- ○ Mandi / regular market 10+ km
- ○ Public library 10+ km

### Water and power
- Drinking water hand pumps

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

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Jalmai known for?

The main crops are rice and ravi.

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

## Homes and amenities in Jalmai

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

■ Jalmai · ■ Bandgaon rural average
- Electricity for lighting 0% 18%
- Toilet within the home 0% 2%
- No toilet (open defecation) 100% 97%
- Tap water 13% 3%
- Drinking water within premises 0% 2%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 0%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 99%
- Use banking services 9% 49%
- Television 4% 4%
- Mobile phone 4% 12%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 0% 4%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 0%
- None of these assets 74% 37%
- Own their home 100% 98%

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

## What is the population of Jalmai?

■ Jalmai · ■ Bandgaon rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 63.6% 54.5%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 835 1002
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 591 994
- Working population 57.5% 49.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.4% for men and 50.8% for women. 53% of men and 63% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 8 (8%) · ■ Other work 6 (6%) · ■ Marginal 82 (85%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Bandgaon
- Hatnada 174 people
- Kununum 172 people
- Longabera 170 people
- Todanghatu 168 people
- Jiray 164 people
- Dombari 162 people
- Chatma 157 people
- Chingida 157 people

All 216 villages in Bandgaon

## Quick answers
- What is the PIN code of Jalmai? 833201
- How far is Jalmai from Chaibasa? 101 km by road
- What is the population of Jalmai? 167 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jalmai in? Pashchimi Singhbhum district (Bandgaon sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Jalmai? 63.6% (Census 2011)

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