# Jamkhar Village, Shahpura, Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh)

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Village · Shahpura, Jabalpur 

# Jamkhar

Jamkhar is a village in Shahpura sub-district of Jabalpur district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **531 people in 106 households**, the 117th largest of 226 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.4%.

- 531people (2011)
- 106households
- 72.8%literacy
- 903females per 1,000 males

## Jamkhar PIN code and other codes

Jamkhar falls in Shahpura sub-district, Jabalpur district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockShahpura
- Census village code489628

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

## How far is Jamkhar from nearby towns?

- Shahpura (sub-district HQ)20 km by road
- Jabalpur (district HQ)52 km by road
- Shahpura (nearest town)20 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 Jamkhar?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Jamkhar; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●National highwayIn 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 · Belkheda
- ○Degree college10+ km · Jabalpur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Jabalpur
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)6 h summer · 6 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 Jamkhar known for?

The main crops are **soyabean, wheat and chana**. About 92% of the 267 hectares of village land is sown, and 190 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 Jamkhar

Of every 100 households in Jamkhar in 2011, 85 had electricity, 26 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 8 a car.

■ Jamkhar · ■ Shahpura rural average

Electricity for lighting ****85%**

**79%

Toilet within the home ****26%**

**26%

No toilet (open defecation) ****74%**

**73%

Tap water ****13%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****17%**

**15%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**4%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****24%**

**40%

Television ****26%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**12%

Car / jeep / van ****8%**

**2%

None of these assets ****37%**

**43%

Own their home ****89%**

**96%

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 Jamkhar?

■ Jamkhar · ■ Shahpura rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.8%**

**70.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****903**

**934

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****778**

**925

Working population ****38.4%**

**47.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.5% for men and 63.4% for women. 59% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 48 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 136 (67%) · **■** Other work 4 (2%) · **■** Marginal 16 (8%)

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 Shahpura

- Sagda Mihagawan565 people
- Imliya562 people
- Matwara543 people
- Raini543 people
- Gwari524 people
- Bambawari518 people
- Jamuniya517 people
- Didhora515 people

[All 227 villages in Shahpura](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/jabalpur/shahpura/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Jamkhar from Jabalpur?52 km by road
- What is the population of Jamkhar?531 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jamkhar in?Jabalpur district (Shahpura sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Jamkhar?72.8% (Census 2011)