Jamtara

Jamtara district profile 

Jamtara is one of the districts covered by PACS in Jharkhand. The district came into existence on April 25, 2001, when four blocks were separated from the district of Dumka. Jamtara town is its administrative headquarters.

No Indicator Data
1 Population
  Persons NA
  Male NA
  Female NA
  Children (0 to 4 years) NA
  Decadal growth (1991-2001) NA
  Rural NA
  Urban NA
  Sex ratio (females per 1,000 males) NA
  Household size (per household) NA
  SC population NA
  ST population NA
2 Literacy rate
  Persons NA
  Male NA
  Female NA
3 Religious groups (largest three)
  NA NA
  NA NA
  NA NA
4 Important towns (largest three)
  NA NA
  NA NA
  NA NA
5 Amenities in villages
  Total inhabited villages NA
  Villages with: NA
  Safe drinking water NA
  Electricity (domestic) NA
  Primary schools NA
  Medical facility NA
  Paved approach road NA
6 Health
  Pregnant women* who received at least three or more antenatal checkups 34.2%
  Pregnant women* who received at least one TT injection 45.6%
  Women* who had institutional delivery 17.8%
  Children aged 12-23 months who were fully immunised** 39.4%
  Children aged 12-23 months who received at least one dose of Vitamin A 48.2%
7 Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme
  Households issued job cards# 107,956
  Cumulative person days employment generated# 856,933
  Households completed 100 days employment# 81

 

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Sources:
*Women aged 15-49 who had their last live/still birth after December 31, 2003
** BCG, three injections of DPT, three doses of polio (excluding Polio 0) and measles
# As on September 3, 2010
Indicator groups 1-5: Census of India 2001
Indicator group 6: Tables 4.6, 4.9 and 5.7 in District Level Household and Facility Survey (DLHS-3), 2007-08: India. Jharkhand. International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai, 2010; funded by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
Indicator group 7: State-wise NREGA Implementation Status Report in http://nrega.nic.in viewed September 3, 2010

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