Village · Jamai, Chhindwara
# Jamuniya

Jamuniya is a village in Jamai sub-district of Chhindwara district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted 373 people in 67 households, the 192nd largest of 261 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 45.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 54.2%.
- 373 people (2011)
- 67 households
- 45.3% literacy
- 1,027 females per 1,000 males

## Jamuniya PIN code and other codes

Jamuniya falls in Jamai sub-district, Chhindwara district, Madhya Pradesh.
- Community development block Jamai
- Census village code 494538

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

## How far is Jamuniya from nearby towns?
- Jamai (sub-district HQ) 48 km by road
- Chhindwara (district HQ) 140 km by road
- Damua (nearest town) 15 km by road

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

## What facilities are there in Jamuniya?

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

### In the village
- ● Primary school In village · 1 govt
- ● Health sub-centre In village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ● All-weather road In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● ASHA health worker In village

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

### Water and power
- Drinking water hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011) 6 h summer · 6 h winter

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

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Jamuniya known for?

The main crops are dhan, makka and wheat. About 51% of the 196 hectares of village land is sown, and 7 hectares are irrigated.

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

## Homes and amenities in Jamuniya

Of every 100 households in Jamuniya in 2011, 89 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Jamuniya · ■ Jamai rural average
- Electricity for lighting 89% 73%
- Toilet within the home 0% 12%
- No toilet (open defecation) 100% 87%
- Tap water 0% 10%
- Drinking water within premises 0% 8%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 8%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 91%
- Use banking services 56% 66%
- Television 8% 17%
- Mobile phone 32% 19%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 8% 11%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 42% 50%
- Own their home 99% 89%

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

## What is the population of Jamuniya?

■ Jamuniya · ■ Jamai rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 45.3% 54.2%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1027 988
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1406 950
- Working population 50.4% 45.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 51.3% for men and 38.9% for women. 50% of men and 51% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 21 (11%) · ■ Farm labourers 107 (57%) · ■ Other work 6 (3%) · ■ Marginal 54 (29%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Jamai
- Jhot Kalan 387 people
- Madni 385 people
- Chikatbarri 382 people
- Bichhua Kalan 373 people
- Katangi 371 people
- Ghartiya 369 people
- Belkhedi 366 people
- Kamtha Ryt. 364 people

All 261 villages in Jamai

## Quick answers
- How far is Jamuniya from Chhindwara? 140 km by road
- What is the population of Jamuniya? 373 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jamuniya in? Chhindwara district (Jamai sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Jamuniya? 45.3% (Census 2011)

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