Jama, Dumka (village)

Jama is a village in the Jama community development block in the Dumka Sadar subdivision of the Dumka district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.
Geography.
Location.
Jama is located at .
Overview.
The map shows a large area, which is a plateau with low hills, except in the eastern portion where the Rajmahal hills intrude into this area and the Ramgarh hills are there. The south-western portion is just a rolling upland. The entire area is overwhelmingly rural with only small pockets of urbanisation.
Area.
Jama has an area of .
Demographics.
According to the 2011 Census of India, Jama had a total population of 843, of which 413 (49%) were males and 430 (51%) were females. Population in the age range 0-6 years was 143. The total number of literate persons in Jama was 700 (67.00% of the population over 6 years). 
Civic administration.
Police station.
There is a police station at Jama.
CD block HQ.
Headquarters of Jama, Dumka CD block is at Jama village.
Education.
Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya, Jama, is a Hindi-medium girls only institution established in 2007. It has facilities for teaching from class VI to class XII.
Government High School Jama at Jarpura is a Hindi-medium coeducational institution established in 1969. It has facilities for teaching from class IX to class XII.