Jamtara is one of district of Jharkhand in India. There are 6 Taluks, 1,161 villages and 3 towns in Jamtara district.
As per the Census India 2011, Jamtara district has 155,275 households, population of 791,042 of which 404,830 are males and 386,212 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 130,993 which is 16.56% of total population.
The sex-ratio of Jamtara district is around
954 compared to
948 which is average of Jharkhand state. The literacy rate of Jamtara district is 53.89% out of which 63.79% males are literate and 43.51% females are literate. The total area of Jamtara is 1,811 sq.km with population density of 437 per sq.km.
Out of total population, 90.42% of population lives in Urban area and 9.58% lives in Rural area. There are 9.21% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 30.4% Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in Jamtara district.
Jamtara Religion Population
| Description | Population | Percentage |
|---|
| Total | 791,042 | 100% |
| Hindu | 550,560 | 69.6% |
| Muslim | 164,406 | 20.78% |
| Other religions and persuasions | 68,564 | 8.67% |
| Christian | 4,419 | 0.56% |
| Religion not stated | 1,672 | 0.21% |
| Jain | 783 | 0.1% |
| Sikh | 520 | 0.07% |
| Buddhist | 118 | 0.01% |
Jamtara Urban & Rural Population
Out of total population, 50% of population lives in Urban area and 60% lives in Rural area
| Description | Urban | Rural |
|---|
| Area(sq.km) | 32 | 1,779 |
| Number of households | 14,964 | 140,311 |
| Total Population | 75,746 | 715,296 |
| Population (%) | 52.53% | 48.97% |
| Male Population | 39,787 | 365,043 |
| Female Population | 35,959 | 350,253 |
| Sex Ratio | 904 | 959 |
| Literacy (%) | 71.99% | 51.98% |
List of Taluks in Jamtara
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