# Jam Village, Shahade, Nandurbar (Maharashtra) – PIN Code

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Village · Shahade, Nandurbar 

# Jam

Jam is a village in Shahade sub-district of Nandurbar district, Maharashtra. The 2011 Census counted **866 people in 154 households**, the 145th largest of 182 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 62.3%.

- 866people (2011)
- 154households
- 61.5%literacy
- 1,170females per 1,000 males

## Jam PIN code and other codes

Jam falls in Shahade sub-district, Nandurbar district, Maharashtra.

- Community development blockShahade
- Census village code525520

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

## How far is Jam from nearby towns?

- Shahade (sub-district HQ)54 km by road
- Nandurbar (district HQ)54 km by road
- Shahade (nearest town)22 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 Jam?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Jam; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Mandana
- ○Degree college10+ km · Shahade
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Shahade
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)16 h summer · 18 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 Jam known for?

About 91% of the 319 hectares of village land is sown, and 280 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 Jam

Of every 100 households in Jam in 2011, 60 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 11 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Jam · ■ Shahade rural average

Electricity for lighting ****60%**

**61%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**23%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**71%

Tap water ****5%**

**82%

Drinking water within premises ****87%**

**45%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**17%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**81%

Use banking services ****34%**

**32%

Television ****12%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****11%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**13%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****72%**

**52%

Own their home ****99%**

**92%

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 Jam?

■ Jam · ■ Shahade rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.5%**

**62.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1170**

**985

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1333**

**941

Working population ****37.9%**

**50.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.4% for men and 52.0% for women. 51% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 92 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 226 (69%) · **■** Other work 8 (2%) · **■** Marginal 2 (1%)

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 Shahade

- Hol889 people
- Waghode881 people
- Biladi-t-haveli876 people
- Palasvade873 people
- Katharde-digar862 people
- Karankheda861 people
- Junavane848 people
- Anakwade845 people

[All 184 villages in Shahade](https://wherepedia.org/india/maharashtra/nandurbar/shahade/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Jam from Nandurbar?54 km by road
- What is the population of Jam?866 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jam in?Nandurbar district (Shahade sub-district), Maharashtra
- What is the literacy rate of Jam?61.5% (Census 2011)