# Jamda Village, Manbazar - I, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Manbazar - I, Puruliya 

# Jamda

Jamda is a village in Manbazar - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **712 people in 161 households**, the 70th largest of 219 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.6%.

- 712people (2011)
- 161households
- 75.7%literacy
- 909females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jamda

Of every 100 households in Jamda in 2011, 32 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Jamda · ■ Manbazar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****32%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**95%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**4%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**89%

Use banking services ****19%**

**31%

Television ****13%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****21%**

**29%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Jamda?

■ Jamda · ■ Manbazar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.7%**

**62.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****909**

**975

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1056**

**939

Working population ****52.4%**

**49.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.9% for men and 63.1% for women. 58% of men and 46% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 52 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 13 (3%) · **■** Other work 70 (19%) · **■** Marginal 238 (64%)

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 Manbazar - I

- Gobindapur725 people
- Bankata719 people
- Kumardi719 people
- Golkidi713 people
- Poradi704 people
- Benka698 people
- Kunardi698 people
- Doldenrya678 people

[All 243 villages in Manbazar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/manbazar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jamda?712 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jamda in?Puruliya district (Manbazar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jamda?75.7% (Census 2011)