# Jamkunda Village, Jamai, Chhindwara (Madhya Pradesh)

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Village · Jamai, Chhindwara 

# Jamkunda

Jamkunda is a village in Jamai sub-district of Chhindwara district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **929 people in 213 households**, the 58th largest of 261 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 54.2%.

- 929people (2011)
- 213households
- 69.8%literacy
- 939females per 1,000 males

## Jamkunda PIN code and other codes

Jamkunda falls in Jamai sub-district, Chhindwara district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockJamai
- Census village code494656

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

## How far is Jamkunda from nearby towns?

- Jamai (sub-district HQ)4 km by road
- Chhindwara (district HQ)45 km by road
- Jamai (nearest town)4 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 Jamkunda?

12 services counted by the Census are inside Jamkunda; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn 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 · Palachorai
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Jamai
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Chhindwara
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)9 h summer · 9 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 Jamkunda known for?

About 35% of the 157 hectares of village land is sown, and 4 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 Jamkunda

Of every 100 households in Jamkunda in 2011, 92 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 16 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Jamkunda · ■ Jamai rural average

Electricity for lighting ****92%**

**73%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**87%

Tap water ****0%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****16%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****84%**

**91%

Use banking services ****76%**

**66%

Television ****34%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**19%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**11%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**1%

None of these assets ****29%**

**50%

Own their home ****79%**

**89%

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 Jamkunda?

■ Jamkunda · ■ Jamai rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.8%**

**54.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****939**

**988

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****730**

**950

Working population ****35.8%**

**45.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.4% for men and 61.9% for women. 50% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 23 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (1%) · **■** Household industry 11 (3%) · **■** Other work 167 (50%) · **■** Marginal 128 (38%)

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 Jamai

- Tenkadahana976 people
- Umarghod961 people
- Shatgwari941 people
- Dhobe930 people
- Gujarghat923 people
- Ghudela917 people
- Mohgaon Kisan913 people
- Bhardi900 people

[All 261 villages in Jamai](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/chhindwara/jamai/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Jamkunda from Chhindwara?45 km by road
- What is the population of Jamkunda?929 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jamkunda in?Chhindwara district (Jamai sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Jamkunda?69.8% (Census 2011)