Jama Taluk Population - Dumka, Jharkhand

Jama is a Taluk located in Dumka district of Jharkhand. It is one of 10 Taluks of Dumka district. There are 320 villages and 0 towns in Jama Taluk.

As per the Census India 2011, Jama Taluk has 28,187 households, population of 137,963 of which 69,621 are males and 68,342 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 23,015 which is 16.68% of total population.

The sex-ratio of Jama Taluk is around 982 compared to 948 which is average of Jharkhand state. The literacy rate of Jama Taluk is 51.56% out of which 63.54% males are literate and 39.35% females are literate. The total area of Jama is 372 sq.km with population density of 371 per sq.km.

Out of total population, 100% of population lives in Urban area and 0 lives in Rural area. There are 5.12% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 49.3% Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in Jama Taluk.

Jama Religion Population

Description	Population	Percentage
Total	137,963	100%
Hindu	119,273	86.45%
Other religions and persuasions	8,364	6.06%
Christian	5,661	4.1%
Muslim	3,797	2.75%
Religion not stated	804	0.58%
Sikh	49	0.04%
Buddhist	12	0.01%
Jain	3	0%

Jama Urban & Rural Population

Out of total population, 50% of population lives in Urban area and 60% lives in Rural area

Description	Urban	Rural
Number of households	0	28,187
Total Population	0	137,963
Population (%)	0	49.54%
Male Population	0	69,621
Female Population	0	68,342
Sex Ratio	0	982
Literacy (%)	0	51.56%

List of Villages in Jama

Check out complete list of all villages of Jama in Jama district, Jharkhand

Jama Population Facts

Number of Households	28,187
Population	137,963
Male Population	69,621 (50.46%)
Female Population	68,342 (49.54%)
Children Population	23,015
Area	372 km2
Population density/km2	371
Sex-ratio	982
Literacy	51.56%
Male Literacy	63.54%
Female Literacy	39.35%
Scheduled Tribes (ST) %	49.3%
Scheduled Caste (SC) %	5.12%